• By Nick Bateman •
As of Aug. 13, Arkansas has received approval for use of Endigo ZC to control rice stink bugs in rice. This approval expires Aug. 27.
The recommended use rate range is 4.5-6.0 oz/acre, and there is...
• By Fred Miller •
Coming to Arkansas as the new director of the Rice Research and Extension Center, Alton B. Johnson said, is like coming home.
After receiving a bachelor’s degree in general agriculture from the University of Liberia in...
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
Each year, University of Arkansas weed scientist Jason Norsworthy screens barnyardgrass seed samples sent in by growers and consultants who suspect the weed is resistant to one or more herbicides. This season will be no...
The 2021 Rice Field Day is coming Aug. 20 to a device near you! The recent rise in COVID-19 cases around the state prompted the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture to move this year’s rice field day...
• By Scott Stiles •
The big news this week came on Thursday, July 29, with the announcement of U.S. rice sales to Iraq. This pushed nearby futures up to $13.85 at one point in Thursday’s trading.
September rice futures followed...
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to separate Section 18 Emergency Crisis Exemptions for Intrepid 2F insect growth regulator for use on fall armyworms in Arkansas and Mississippi rice.
The action comes after pyrethroids, which...
A rise in COVID-19 cases has prompted the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture to cancel in-person field days. As a result, the Horizon Ag Field Day scheduled for Aug. 4 at the university's Stuttgart Rice Research and...
• By Mary Hightower •
University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture entomologists are seeking an emergency exemption to allow for the use of Intrepid to help control armyworms that threaten the state’s 1.24 million acres of rice.
“This is the...
• By Nick Bateman, Gus Lorenz and Ben Thrash •
Armyworm calls have picked up big time this week. A majority of the fields with armyworms in them is row rice at various stage, spanning from early tiller all the...
• By Scott Stiles •
On July July 11, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. The most significant adjustments this month for long-grain were made to the old crop (2020-21)...
• By Mary Hightower •
After COVID forced a virtual version last year, the in-person Arkansas Rice Field Day will be back Aug. 6 at the Rice Research and Extension Center in Stuttgart.
“We’re glad to be back to a face-to-face...
• By Scott Stiles •
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates and Crop Production reports will be released Monday, July 12, at 11 a.m. central time.
As we discussed last week, the results of the June acreage...
• By Yeshi Wamishe and Jarrod Hardke •
In flooded or furrow-irrigated rice, most cultivars including hybrids are susceptible or moderately susceptible to kernel or false smut or both. Under favorable weather conditions, kernel and false smut are generally severe...
• By Mary Hightower •
The Aug. 12 Rice College will offer an intensive full-day look at the challenges facing Arkansas rice producers with a slate of researchers from the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
Registration deadline for Rice...
Delta rice farmers will have two opportunities to see the latest Clearfield and Provisia varieties from Horizon Ag at separate field days in Arkansas in August.
The first will be held on Aug. 4 at the University of Arkansas Rice...
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