Friday, December 12, 2025

heat wave

Record Texas heat likely missed rice flowering but could affect dry-down

Most areas of Texas have set or tied high temperature records this summer, including a string of 100-plus days last week, according to the state climatologist. Although much of the state's rice acres were planted early enough they are past...

A pleasant surprise

The Arkansas rice planting season in 2017 went at a near-record pace, lagging behind only 2012. Planted acres were expected to be 25 percent less than in 2016. The positive early season conditions had growers feeling upbeat about the...

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