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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...

Don’t fence me in Seed selection decisions start earlier every year, with many farmers making decisions by December. Even with some decisions made, there’s still a lot of time before the start of the season to fine-tune those selections and...

Seed rice farmer shares strategy for success. ⋅ By Carroll Smith ⋅ Editor Wingmead is a large farm where rice, soybeans and corn are grown in Prairie County, Arkansas. It’s also a seed rice operation that prides itself on clean fields and...

With 2017 in the rearview mirror, we look forward to 2018 coming off the best yielding year we have had in Mississippi in the past few years. One of the first questions to ask is, “Do I plant the...

Two recent University of Arkansas releases show improvements over earlier varieties in two sets of different trials. By Ryan McGeeney University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Diamond and Titan, conventional long- and medium-grain rice varieties developed by the University of Arkansas,...