What to plant is always one of the most important decisions of the rice season. For 2022, every decision will be met with increased scrutiny given the overall rise in production costs.
The first question is do you need a...
“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” Crop farmers should take this adage to heart when marketing their grain, advised University of Missouri Extension agricultural economist Martyn Foreman.
“If you haven’t already developed a post-harvest grain marketing...
The Missouri Rice Research & Merchandising Council’s Annual Field Day, originally scheduled in-person for Aug. 19, is now available virtually at http://www.missouririce.com/2021-virtual-rice-field-day/. The council hopes to hold the event in person in 2022.
Among the presenters are:
– David Martin, Missouri...
Justin Chlapecka began Aug. 1 as University of Missouri Extension state rice specialist at the Fisher Delta Research Center. He also serves as an assistant professor in the MU Division of Plant Science and Technology.
In a new partnership between...
University of Missouri officials announced July 14 that over the next nine months, the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station and its collection of farms and centers will undergo a restructuring to make MOAES more efficient, effective and relevant. This restructuring...
Justin Chlapecka, who recently earned his doctoral degree from the University of Arkansas, was named state rice Extension Specialist and assistant research professor with the University of Missouri. He begins Aug. 1.
Chlapecka fills a hole left when Missouri rice...
Amy Beth Dowdy grew up in a close-knit farming family in Stoddard County, Missouri, in the southeast corner of the Bootheel. “Daddy had a few fields of rice and Mama always said that gave us something to argue about...
First DynaGro rice variety shows high yield potential, good grain quality in trials.
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
Since acquiring Bayer’s rice breeding program in 2015, Nutrien Ag Solutions and its parent company, Agrium, have mostly flown under the radar developing...
• By Lesley Dixon •
In lieu of in-person meetings at the now-canceled 2020 USA Rice Outlook Conference, the annual state outlook and research reports will be held live via webinar. The bedrock of the Outlook Conference and the culmination...
Through the Ingrain Good initiative, Riceland Foods and its farmer members aim to reduce water use in rice production by 250 billion gallons by 2025 in Arkansas and Missouri. The co-op and its members plan to do this through...
• By Steve Linscombe, Josh Hankins and Emily Woodall •
It's been a week since Hurricane Laura made landfall in the rice country of southwest Louisiana, carving a path of destruction with winds and rain that then moved on through...
Since September 2005, Hurricane Rita has been southwest Louisiana's reference for measuring the severity of weather events. Yesterday, thanks to Hurricane Laura, this area received a new reference point and a wound from which it will take some time...
Prevention is key to avoiding grain bin rescues. Knowing what to do in a bin entrapment emergency also is crucial.
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
Before Wayne Dulaney’s crew entered a grain bin near Clarksdale, Mississippi, in January, he reminded them...
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Sporadic sunny skies after three months of steady rain have made planting a mixed bag in Missouri rice country.
On Blake Gerard's operation in nearby Cairo, Illinois, they planted their first rice acre of the...
The stage is set for more spring flooding in Missouri, said University of Missouri Extension climatologist Pat Guinan.
“A lot will depend on the weather patterns that set up over the region in the next few weeks,” he said.
Missouri farmers,...
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