A weed not typically associated with flooded rice fields has begun to trouble at least one Arkansas rice producer. The Poinsett County grower first brought the problem of stinkgrass to the attention of Bob Scott, University of Arkansas Extension weed...

BASF Corp. and the Israeli company, Kaiima Bio-Agritech Ltd. recently announced they will be partnering on developing herbicide-tolerant non-GMO crops using the Kaiima's proprietary EP technology platform. Although the technology is applicable to most crops, Kaiima has focused on a...

Southeast Missouri State University will host an agriculture technology workshop series, beginning Aug. 1, to help agribusinesses gain insight into innovations and regional resources available to them. The series will meet each Tuesday and Thursday during the first two weeks...

The University of California is once again this season conducting the UCCE Rice Yield Contest. Much like the 2016 season, Cooperative Extension has divided the rice-producing area into quadrants to remove some of the variability among production areas. Growers compete with their...

Growers host farm-scale demonstrations to learn more about the new weed-control system. By Vicky Boyd Editor Kaplan, La., rice producer Christian Richard, who has a 20-acre demonstration field of Provisia rice, looks forward to having the herbicide-tolerant system as another weedy rice...

At the June 28 Louisiana State University AgCenter rice field day, members of the Louisiana rice industry took the opportunity to recognize Dr. Steve Linscombe, who is retiring on Sept. 30 after 35 years of service. For most of those...

The number of acres actually planted to rice this season dropped to 2.562 million acres from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's March planting intentions estimate of 2.626 million acres. If the acreage holds, it would be a 19 percent...

Although surge irrigation can improve irrigation and ultimately improve your bottom line, programming the surge units may not be the easiest thing. The University of Arkansas has taken some of the mystery out of that with a new fact sheet...

Got weedy rice? There's an app for that, thanks to the University of California's Cooperative Extension. Rice producers and pest control advisers in California who suspect they may be seeing weedy rice in a field can report it using a...

Several portable flowmeters are available as loaners free of charge for growers to use to check well output. Having well-production data is the first step needed to use Pipe Planner, a free online program that calculates hole placement and irrigation...

It may come as no surprise to some within the U.S. rice industry, but a recent study found rice bran has a high nutritional value and is a rich source of proteins, fats, minerals and micronutrients. Researchers from Colorado State University...

Idle rice fields in the winter can act as surrogate floodplains to help rear juvenile salmon, according to a recently published study. Titled “Floodplain Farm Fields Provide Novel Rearing Habitat for Chinook Salmon,” the study provides further evidence that idle Central...

This year's Arkansas Rice Expo, Aug. 4, in Stuttgart, has something for just about everyone. New tools for soil fertility, new weed control technologies and live cooking demonstrations are just a few of the topics on the agenda. Doors at the...

Horizon Ag has hired industry veteran Hugh Beckham as director of sales and marketing. Beckham, whose career includes sales leadership and management with DuPont Pioneer, Monsanto and SF Services, brings more than 25 years of experience in the Southern seed business....

U.S.  Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has declared 23 counties in Arkansas as declared disaster areas, making growers and other property owners in those counties eligible for emergency loans through the Farm Service Agency. The declaration was issued May 24 by Perdue and announced May...