california rice

⋅ BY MIKE HSU ⋅ UC AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES Due to severe water shortages, rice acres planted in California plummeted by 37% from 2021 to 2022, according to numbers released recently by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. But...

I have always believed there are certain things in life that are not worth getting too into the weeds about. Sometimes I will research something so much that I start questioning even the basics of the original topic I...

California farmers expected to get increased water allocations in 2023. ⋅ BY CHRISTINE SOUZA ⋅ California Farm Bureau Federation Winter storms that bolstered the Sierra Nevada snowpack and added to California reservoirs prompted federal and state water managers to announce increases in...

New rice varieties shine in Arkansas research highlights The Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, the Division of Agriculture’s research arm, released four new rice varieties in 2022. CLL18 is a high-yielding Clearfield variety that will be available to growers in 2023 through...

• By Leslie Dixon • Every year, thanks to the generous support of the American Commodity Co., USA Rice awards $15,000 to young people from the six rice-growing states who use video to tell a unique story about rice. This year’s...

• By Ching Lee • Favorable weather conditions and fewer acres of planted rice this year should allow California farmers to remove their crop without worries of autumn rainfall complicating harvest. All eyes are now on how much precipitation the coming...

• By Vicky Boyd, Editor • The California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation has tapped Dr. Dustin Harrell as its new director of the Rice Experiment Station near Biggs, California. “We couldn’t be more excited,” said Glenn rice grower and foundation chairman Gary...

• By Vicky Boyd, Editor • The California Rice Research Foundation recently honored Dr. Kent McKenzie with its annual California Rice Industry Award for his 32 years of service to the state's rice producers. In making the presentation, foundation board member Aaron...

The in-person one-day Rice Pest Management Course course will be held Sept. 10 at the Hamilton Road Field near Biggs, California. It's located on West Hamilton Road between Highway 99 and Riceton Highway. It is hosted by the University...

The University of California Cooperative Extension will once again be holding its UCCE Rice Yield Contest this season. Information will soon be on the UCCE rice website (https://rice.ucanr.edu/), but the rules are similar to previous years. You must preregister online or in...

University of California Cooperative Extension will hold a weedy rice workshop from 9-11:30 a.m., Aug. 3, at its Sutter-Yuba Office, 142A Garden Highway, Yuba City, California. The meeting is free, but preregistration is required. This project is sponsored with funding...

• By Luis Espino • Over the years, I have heard from several growers and pest control advisors that after a dry winter like we just had, the soil profile can be really dry, and it may take longer to...

Aggressive watergrass challenges California growers and researchers who seek effective control programs. • By Vicky Boyd, Editor • A new weed in the watergrass genus continues to bedevil California rice producers and researchers as they try to identify it and develop herbicide...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed three, including rice producer Kim Gallagher, to the California Water Commission. Joining her are Amy Cardalis, a member of the Yurok Tribe and its general counsel, and Fern Steiner, an attorney and member...

Corteva Agriscience plans to hold two California rice grower meetings via Zoom this season rather than the usual in-person get-togethers. One is scheduled for 9-11 a.m., Feb. 3, and the second one, a repeat, will be held from 9-11...