• By Blair Fannin •
More rice production can be produced while minimizing the crop’s environmental impact, new research suggests. And that’s important with global population projected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050 and with demand for rice on the...
Ground was broken recently for the $21 million Southern Louisiana Mill Facility on 3 acres adjacent to the South Louisiana Rail Facility in Jeff Davis Parish, Louisiana.
The five story 15,000-square-foot building, which will house a state-of-the-art processing mill, is...
• By Lesley Dixon •
Before the panel of judges watched the first video in this year's National Rice Month Scholarship Video Contest, the 2020 entries made an impression just on their sheer number — a record-breaking 107.
"Since 2016, when...
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
After the discovery of rice delphacid in an El Campo, Texas, greenhouse last winter and a possible sighting recently in Victoria County, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research entomologist has cautioned growers and consultants to be...
Texas wheat and rice producers could see opportunities as food grains show steadiness amid calamity for other commodities, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economist.
Dr. Mark Welch, AgriLife Extension economist, College Station, said food grains have avoided much...
Begin scouting early to catch the pest before it can cause significant yield loss.
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
For three out of the past five years, growers and consultants have found the rice planthopper in scattered fields of second-crop rice...
Texas rice growers faced a challenging 2019 due to early and late-season rains, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Research expert.
Dr. Ted Wilson, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center director, Beaumont, said reports on yields and quality are...
Hurricane Harvey, which decimated parts of South Central Texas and the upper Gulf Coast, caused more than $200 million in crop and livestock losses, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economists. Included in that were $8 million of...
The American Farm Bureau Federation presented its highest honor—the Distinguished Service Award—to Bob Stallman, a Texas rice and cattle producer.
Before spending 16 years as president of AFBF, he was president of the Texas Farm Bureau from 1993 to...
For the first time in four years, water is flowing from lakes near Austin, Texas, to rice producers west of Houston.
Water from the Highland Lakes is once again flowing down the Colorado River to the Texas Coastal Bend, bringing...
The Texas Farm Bureau has named three young farmers and ranchers, including two rice producers, as finalists in this year's Outstanding Young Farmer & Rancher competition.
The annual award recognizes the accomplishments of some of the state's top agricultural leaders...
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