A team of scientists from Purdue University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences has used CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing to develop a rice variety that produces 25-31 percent more grain and would have been virtually impossible to create through traditional breeding. The team, led by Jian-Kang Zhu, a distinguished professor in Purdue’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture and director of the ... Read More »
In California, most farmers grow medium-grain varieties. The commercially available medium Calrose rice varieties have been selected to meet the high quality and yield standards for California. Read More »
Company with a stable of beneficial microbes launches an identity-preserved quality-based rice program. Read More »
BASF Corp. and the Israeli company, Kaiima Bio-Agritech Ltd. recently announced they will be partnering on developing herbicide-tolerant non-GMO crops using the Kaiima’s proprietary EP technology platform. Read More »
At the June 28 Louisiana State University AgCenter rice field day, members of the Louisiana rice industry took the opportunity to recognize Dr. Steve Linscombe, who is retiring on Sept. 30 after 35 years of service. Read More »
Growers interested in the new Provisia Rice System will get a chance to see the first commercially released variety in a large-scale planting at Horizon Ag’s June 27 field day in Kaplan, La. Read More »
Horizon Ag and BASF have reached a formal agreement to launch the Provisia Rice System in 2018, providing a new tool for post-emergence control of a broad range of grasses, including weedy rice. Read More »
As I drove home last summer after photographing sweet rice harvest in Northern California, I was itching so badly I could hardly sit still. But my discomfort also brought back a story a Des Arc, Ark., producer told me years ago about harvest when he was growing up. Read More »
Unique production system evolved to meet California’s special needs, resulting in high yields and quality and with an eye on the environment. Read More »
Early rice pioneers had to overcome doubting lenders and agronomic challenges to pave the way for today’s successful Mississippi rice industry. Read More »
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