Tuesday, March 24, 2026

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Mississippi releases ‘Thad,’ a new high-yielding high-amylose rice

Mississippi State University's Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station recently released a new long-grain conventional variety adapted to the state's soils and climates. Dubbed "Thad," the variety is named after U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran. Thad has yields similar to Rex, released...

Recent LSU releases receive good reviews at field day

In the first of a series of field days, Louisiana State University's AgCenter highlighted two varieties it released in 2015 that are receiving good reviews. CL153, a Clearfield-tolerant long-grain, has less chalk and better disease resistance than CL151. The mills...

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