• By Mark Isbell •
Field to Market, the Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, recently recognized a dozen producers — including three who farm rice — for their continuous operational improvements and using the group's Field Print Calculator.
Field to Market will highlight...
"Necessity is the mother of invention," so the proverb goes.
Faced with tight budgets, the Louisiana State University AgCenter needed to take a hard look at Extension agents in its parishes and invent a more sustainable way to provide services...
Horizon Ag plans to hold its Arkansas Field Day, Aug. 2, at Mark Wimpy Farms near Jonesboro.
The event will spotlight the performance of the new PVL01, a Provisia rice variety planted commercially for the first time this season, along...
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The California Department of Pesticide Regulation has granted a section 18 emergency use exemption for Intrepid 2F insecticide from...
Nathan Slaton, head of the Arkansas Soil Testing Lab, has been appointed assistant director of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station effective July 1.
“I am thrilled about Dr. Slaton’s willingness to become a full-time member of the Agricultural Experiment Station’s...
"Emerging Technologies for Texas Rice" will be the theme for the 71st annual field day, July 12, at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Beaumont, 1509 Aggie Drive.
The free event begins with field tours at 8 a.m., an...
Eight family farms, including three rice operations, were named district winners in the 71st annual Arkansas Farm Family of the Year Program.
The district winners will now be judged to determine a state winner to be announced Dec. 6 at the...
At its recent annual meeting at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi, the Delta Council announced a new president and seven vice presidents who will serve for the coming year.
This year’s president is Woods Eastland of Indianola. A retired...
The California Rice Commission is seeking nominations to fill open seats on its board of directors.
The following seats are open by district:
• District 1 (Butte County) – 2 member; 3 alternate
• District 2 (Colusa County) – 2 member; 4...
I recently attended the Field to Vase Dinner held on the grounds of the California State Capitol in Sacramento. Not only was the event a feast for the senses, but it also allowed California's cut flower industry to showcase...
As the nation’s No. 1 rice producer, Arkansas can have an outsized effect on U.S. rice production one year to the next, depending on fates largely tied to the weather. And 2018 is shaping up to be anything but...
As rice acreage expands in Arkansas, the University of Arkansas is working on a research center to enhance production techniques and best management practices for the grain in areas north of Interstate 40 and west of Crowley’s Ridge.
“Our immediate...
I recently sat in on one day of the San Joaquin County Farm Bureau's four-day Ag in the Classroom program. Now in its 32nd year, it is designed to educate the educators about the importance of ag in the...
Rice farmers at the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station field day on June 27 will hear about research being conducted to help them grow a better crop.
“This is an opportunity for our faculty members to tell...
When Monheim, Germany-based Bayer closes its expected acquisition of Monsanto on June 7, the new company will drop the 117-year-old name Monsanto and will operate under the Bayer umbrella.
The acquired products will retain their brand names and will become...
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