hybrids

As they say, no two years are alike. 2021, with early periods of cold, wet weather, differed from the tropical storm- and hurricane-plagued 2020 season. Nearing the end of 2021, many rice growers reported strong yields, prompting optimism for 2022. With...

RiceTec and Adama partner on limited launch of the Max-Ace herbicide-tolerant rice system. • By Vicky Boyd, Editor • This season, RiceTec and Adama plan a limited launch of the Max-Ace Rice Crop Solution system that pairs RiceTec’s herbicide-tolerant rice cultivars with...

The challenges growers faced in 2020, including multiple tropical storms and hurricanes as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, seemed to never end. Harvest for many was a challenge, to say the least. With the 2020 season in your rearview...

• By Vicky Boyd, Editor • RiceTec is expanding its portfolio to include inbred rice lines – commonly called varieties -- but the Alvin, Texas-based company plans to continue focusing on its core offerings of rice hybrids. The first varieties could be...

• By Vicky Boyd, Editor • Since acquiring Bayer’s rice breeding program in 2015, Nutrien Ag Solutions has mostly flown under the radar developing new rice cultivars for the U.S. market. That will change in 2021 with the launch of DGL-263X, a...

Review these proven and new releases for the upcoming season The 2019 season was trying, with wet conditions from the 2018 harvest carrying over into spring planting. Take time to catch your breath and reflect on what cultivars performed well — all...

Canadian Health Agency’s Feed and Food Divisions have approved the FullPage Rice Cropping Solution from RiceTec and Adama that will allow unrestricted planting of and harvesting of FullPage rice products. The production system represents a new generation of improved imidazolinone...

Benson Hill Biosystems and RiceTec have inked a licensing agreement that will allow RiceTec to use Benson Hill's proprietary gene editing technologies to develop new rice hybrids. The announcement was made prior to the kick off of the Plant and...

We have been fortunate to see new products on the market for rice over the past few years. These products have put more tools in the toolbox for us to use to manage our rice crop. In 2018, we saw...

Review these proven and new releases for the upcoming season By watching the numbers tick off your yield monitor during harvest or counting the number of trailers coming out of your fields, you likely were beginning to consider what varieties...

RiceTec will show off several new technologies during its Arkansas Field Day, Aug. 7, at the company's Arkansas Business Center, 15329 Highway 1 in Harrisburg. The afternoon program will showcase new products RiceTec plans to bring to the market within...

.danger {background-color: #E5E4E2; border-left: 6px solid #006600; padding-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px;} The Louisiana State University AgCenter has released a new hybrid rice with high quality and competitive yield potential. The long-grain hybrid, LAH169, was developed at the H. Rouse...

Although RiceTec doesn't plan to introduce any new hybrids for 2018, the Houston, Texas-based company does expect to have significantly improved seed availability for next season. "We've been sold out the last two years, so this year we made plans...

Row rice continues to make inroads as growers seek ways to reduce labor and equipment costs. By Vicky Boyd Editor Even after experimenting with furrow-irrigated or row rice for three seasons, Monty Bohanan — who farms with his brother Derek near Stuttgart, Ark. — admits...

Houston-based RiceTec and Adama Agricultural Solutions, an Israel-based crop protection company, plan to collaborate on development of herbicide-tolerant non-genetically engineered rice hybrids. The announcement of the FullPage Rice Cropping Solution, as the herbicide-tolerant rice hybrid system will be called, was...