Fertility

• By Jarrod Hardke and Trent Roberts • Urea prices up. Phosphate prices up. Potash prices up. Diesel prices up. Rice prices up. So there’s at least one highlight in that list. A number of conversations are coming up about how...

Research advancements in rice and soybeans, two of the top agricultural commodities in Arkansas, will be the focus of a virtual field day 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, presented by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. The online...

• By Fred Miller • The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture rice field day, originally scheduled as an in-person event on Aug. 6, will be presented online on Aug. 20. Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers and Cooperative Extension...

• By Fred Miller • The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture has appointed Trent Roberts the Endowed Chair in Soil Fertility Research. Roberts is an associate professor of soil fertility and testing for the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station...

• By Vicky Boyd, Editor • The Louisiana State University AgCenter may have canceled its in-person rice field day in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic, but research on the station near Crowley continued with nary a disruption following proper safety...

• By Jarrod Hardke • “At some point it can’t get any wetter, it can only get deeper.”  The south half of Arkansas is feeling that statement this week. Torrential rains struck areas of east-central and southeast Arkansas with places...

Koch Agronomic Services LLC has completed its acquisition of Compass Minerals' North American micronutrient assets, the global intellectual property rights with trademarks and patents, and certain other assets associated with Wolf Trax, Rocket Seeds and Hydro Bullet product platforms....

Nitrogen management can help control rice diseases and boost quality. • By Bob Johnson • Knowing how much nitrogen to apply to rice, and when, is the key to good yields and to managing diseases such as blast and stem rot....

Use plant growth stage and DD50 to gauge when best to make N applications. • By Jarrod Hardke • Proper nitrogen (N) management is all about timing. Whether we’re talking about preflood N, midseason N or boot N, we need to...

• By Ching Lee • Ideal planting conditions should have allowed rice farmers throughout the Sacramento Valley plenty of time to prepare and seed their fields this spring, But short supplies of a liquid fertilizer have slowed their progress, leaving...

As I write this column (March 19), we historically have had at least one rice field planted in Mississippi or are beginning to plant the last week of March. But this year, I fear we will not get the...

• By Jarrod Hardke • Each year, I’m surprised at the number of producers not currently using the DD50 Rice Management Program on their farms. This program is designed to take much of the guesswork out of in-season management for...

RTWG Awards Luncheon recognizes peers for exemplary work. Every two years, rice researchers from around the United States and even the globe get together for the Rice Technical Working Group. This year, the two-day event was hosted by Mississippi State University...

Early season fertility is crucial to producing a profitable, sustainable rice crop. Of utmost importance is to take soil fertility samples as directed and send them to a reputable lab for analysis. If you have not done this, do...

There are several nutrients we should pay close attention to when it comes to rice production. Along with nitrogen, the most important nutrients to monitor include phosphorus, potassium, sulfur and zinc. When I make farm visits to evaluate nutrient problems,...