The LSU AgCenter will hold a series of field days to help rice farmers learn about the latest practices to improve crop production. Experts will make presentations on variety development, fertility, diseases, insects and weeds. “These field days give us the...

By Susan M. Collins-Smith — Spring’s cool temperatures have rice producers playing the waiting game in Mississippi. The crop is 60 percent planted, but very little of it has emerged, says Bobby Golden, a rice and soil fertility agronomist with...

By Luis Espino — Tadpole shrimp (TPS) are starting to pop up in rice fields. A grower asked me when is the period when rice is “safe” from TPS. He is seeing very small shrimp, and seedlings are already past...

By Karl Wiggers — With Easter in the rearview mirror, the huge demand for crawfish has begun to decline. But that doesn’t mean crawfish farmer Allen McLain of Vermilion Parish has drained his ponds yet. He has more than 700...

Rutgers-led genome research finds fungal pathogen that causes rice disease became harmful 21 million years ago. About 21 million years ago, a fungus that causes a devastating rice disease first became harmful to the food that nourishes roughly half the...

The 2018 Horizon Ag Louisiana Field Day, featuring the new Provisia Rice System, Provisia rice variety PVL01 and the latest Clearfield rice varieties, will be held June 26 at Richard Farms near Kaplan, Louisiana. Horizon Ag partnered with BASF to...

Report it to the Mississippi Delta Ag Theft Task Force! A number of area producers and building owners are reporting copper theft directly related to tractors, ATVs, trailers, irrigation wells and other items targeted for scrap metal and wiring. If you...

As this season starts, growers and pest control advisers should continue to be mindful of weedy rice. As mentioned in last year's communications, in 2017 University of California Cooperative Extension received 22 new samples. Fortunately, the infested acreage did...

The California Rice Commission recently recognized a handful of individuals during its Circle of Life Reception in Sacramento, which is an annual opportunity to tell the industry’s story to key audiences. In a sushi-rolling competition that involved lawmakers, Assembly Republican...

Horizon Ag has resigned its website, www.horizonseed.com, to make it easier for farmers and seed dealers to access tools and information about the latest Clearfield and Provisia rice varieties. “At Horizon Ag, we are always striving to improve our...

By Bruce Schultz — Cool April weather has slowed growth of recently planted crops, especially rice. The season started with good planting conditions in March. “But the cool weather set in after emergence, and everything just slowed down,” says Louisiana...

SPONSORED CONTENT In 2008, my wife and I bought Sunrise Dusters, which is now located on a facility where my father worked as an ag pilot when I was growing up. Although I don’t fly the planes myself, I feel...

SPONSORED CONTENT I had my first experience with rice when I worked as a research intern with a crop protection company the summer before I graduated from the University of Arkansas. After that, I scouted rice for retail companies and...

.textbox {padding:2px 6px 4px 6px; color: #000000; width: 300px; position: relative; float: right; background-color: #ecf9ec; border: #006600 2px solid} California tests GreenSeeker to help with mid-season nitrogen management decisions. By Bruce Linquist Our recommendations call for applying all the nitrogen fertility requirements for...

Since 1992, deserving leaders within the rice industry have been recognized with a Rice Award. This year, Rice Farming will again partner with Horizon Ag and USA Rice to present the Rice Farmer of the Year, the Rice Industry...