More than 30 years ago, a group of visionaries in the rice industry got together to create The Rice Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to ensuring the long-term sustainability and future competitiveness of the U.S. rice industry.
The way they...
Lower overall supplies, higher prices conspire to reduce demand for this year’s crop.
By Kurt Guidry
After struggling to find support for prices for most of 2016, the rice market has been able to enjoy moderate price increases to this point...
The Arkansas rice planting season in 2017 went at a near-record pace, lagging behind only 2012. Planted acres were expected to be 25 percent less than in 2016. The positive early season conditions had growers feeling upbeat about the...
What’s in a name? Everything, if you’re the Washington, D.C.-based USA Rice.
The organization has complained to the Food and Drug Administration that vegetable-based products that use “rice” in their name — such as Cauli Rice, Green Giant Riced Cauliflower,...
Jennifer James, a rice farmer from Newport, Arkansas, was recently named the 2017 Farmer of the Year by the Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture.
The award is presented to a producer who has embraced conservation and stewardship...
Farmers are urged to complete the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2017 Census of Agriculture, which should be arriving in their mailboxes in December. The census can be returned by mail or securely submitted online.
University of Missouri Extension economist Ryan Milhollin...
Dr. Kurt Guidry, director of the Louisiana State University AgCenter’s Southwest Region, has appointed Dr. Don Groth the new director of the H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station in Crowley.
Guidry also named Dr. Dustin Harrell the station’s assistant director, a position...
Hurricane Harvey, which decimated parts of South Central Texas and the upper Gulf Coast, caused more than $200 million in crop and livestock losses, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economists. Included in that were $8 million of...
The annual Rice Outlook Conference, Dec. 10-12 in San Antonio, Texas, has made some improvements to this year's program, based on past attendees' input.
New this year will be breakout sessions for all segments of the rice industry, a revamped...
The Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction is accepting nominations for its induction ceremony, which will be held March 22, 2018, at the L’Auberge Hotel in Baton Rouge.
Deadline for the nominations is Nov. 20.
A joint effort of the LSU AgCenter,...
The newly formed Local Seed Co. says it plans to offer direct-to-grower seeds delivered to the farm beginning with the 2018 season.
Local Seed Co. is the result of majority investments in Dulaney Seed, based in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and T.A. Seeds,...
The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Loyant with Rinskor active herbicide from Dow AgroSciences for use on rice. Registrations for Mid-South states are pending. Registration in California is still a few years out.
Loyant controls a broad array of grasses,...
Kent Brown, a fourth-generation rice grower from Hathaway north of Jennings, Louisiana, was named the International Rice Festival's 2017 Rice Farmer of the Year.
In the late 1800s, Brown’s ancestors, who were Iowa wheat farmers, moved during the historical migration...
Rice farmers just by their nature are conservationists and stewards of the land. But do you know a producer who goes above and beyond the call of duty by adopting the latest technologies to further protect resources?
Nominate him or...
Kurt Guidry, a professor of agricultural economics with the Louisiana State University AgCenter in Baton Rouge, has been named regional director for the AgCenter Southwest Region. The appointment is effective Oct. 1.
Guidry, who will be based at the H....
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