arkansas rice

Arkansas growers close in on new yield record, but fall weather impacted milling yields. • By Ryan McGeeney • For several years now, Arkansas rice yields have been chasing the record, set in 2013 and then tied in 2014, of about...

Arkansas family grows, markets specialty rices for burgeoning craft sake industry. • By Vicky Boyd, Editor • For years, Chris Isbell of Humnoke, Arkansas, has been growing different Japanese short-grain rice varieties experimentally, with the goal of producing them commercially for use...

Arkansas Rice is once again seeking high school juniors and seniors in the state who want to learn more about rice and participate in rice advocacy programs. Participants also will be eligible for 10 scholarships. The program,  dubbed “Rice Reps,”...

Work continues on University of Arkansas’ NERREC, with trials planned for 2021. • By Vicky Boyd, Editor • If construction goes according to schedule, the University of Arkansas’ Northeast Rice Research and Extension Center near Harrisburg will begin hosting a limited number...

• By Josh Hankins • The Arkansas Rice Federation board selected Kelly Robbins as the organization's new executive director, effective Aug. 1. He succeeds Lauren Waldrip, a partner at Campbell Ward, a Little Rock-based public affairs and public relations firm. Most recently,...

• By Mary Hightower • Growing rice may provide some insulation from the economic impacts of COVID-19 for Arkansas farms, but cotton growers are likely to be harder hit through 2023, according to a model run by the University of...

Rice growers who last season participated in a pilot partnership formed by Anheuser-Busch and Indigo Ag were able to significantly reduce water use, nitrogen applications and greenhouse gas emissions. As a result, the two companies have decided to expand the...

• By Mary Hightower • Arkansas agriculture and the state’s rural areas may face the potential for significant disruption in supply chain, labor and government services due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a multi-sector economic impact...

• By Emily Woodall • Growers in Arkansas' rice belt are enduring a repeat of the 2019 spring — unseasonably wet weather that has mostly kept them out of their fields. "We had about five days in a row a few...

• By Lesley Dixon • The Arkansas Department of Heritage aims to preserve and protect Arkansas's natural and cultural heritage, and enhance the experience of visitors and locals alike. Within the department, the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame accepts nominations...

Arkansas rice stars in bourbon from Little Rock’s Rock Town Distillery • By Vicky Boyd, Editor • By definition, bourbon whiskey must be made in the United States and be at least 51% corn, but that means 49% can be other grains....

Rich Hillman, a grower of field crops, including rice, near Carlisle was recently elected as Arkansas Farm Bureau’s new president, and Mike Freeze of Little Rock was chosen as the agriculture advocacy organization’s new vice president. Both were selected...

Lynx, a new medium-grain rice variety from the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, offers high yields and early maturity. “Lynx consistently showed a yield advantage over both Jupiter and Titan in rice-growing areas north of I-40 and west...

With financial support from Kellogg's, The Nature Conservancy plans to give away and install Murphy pump timers to rice producers within Arkansas' Cache River watershed. The region, centered around Newport and Walnut Ridge, is an area both groups are targeting...

While most of Arkansas may have escaped the worst of what Hurricane Barry augured in potential wind and rain, crops in many areas are struggling to move past the primary and secondary effects of the latest twist in an...