• By Jarrod Hardke •
Several low-yielding rice fields recently have been identified as having stem rot. In the past few years, I have not observed much stem rot, but some of the cases this year have been particularly severe.
If you...
University of Arkansas researchers have published the first fact sheet in a series about using cover crops.
The crops, typically grown in the off season or winter, help save water, manage weeds and improve soil.
“While cover cropping is not a...
A research greenhouse formally opened Aug. 2 further aids University of Arkansas efforts to stem yield loss after milling due to high nighttime temperatures.
Jay Coker, chairman of the Rice Research and Promotion Board, says the need for an advanced...
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
More than 250 rice producers, consultants and allied ag industry representatives packed tour trailers during the University of Arkansas' recent rice field day at the Rice Research and Extension Center near Stuttgart.
Departing from the Rice...
The heat of the day is tough on crops, but it’s the heat of the night that keeps Arkansas rice growers worried.
Arkansas has experienced several weeks of hot, dry weather and that’s growing concern among rice producers, says Jarrod...
USDA-ERS agricultural economist Nathan Childs recently provided a glimpse into how the 2018-19 rice marketing year is expected to shape up.
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
The 2017-18 rice marketing year is just a few days shy of ending, but...
As rice begins to head in Arkansas, many producers and consultants are checking fields for rice stink bug, but their sampling technique could be costing them money.
While working on an improved treatment threshold — which indicates the density of...
Tom Barber, Extension weed scientist for the University of Arkansas System, says unusual rainfall patterns made this season a rough one for many Arkansas crops.
“This is the grassiest rice crop we’ve seen in a while, but it’s also been...
The Arkansas Rice Expo is taking a hiatus this year, with the annual event in Stuttgart returning to its field-tour format.
The Arkansas Rice Field Day at the Rice Research and Extension Center in Stuttgart is planned for Aug. 3....
Fall armyworms, a common pest of soybeans, pastures and lawns, have developed a taste for rice, and Extension entomologists are working on management methods to help producers.
Gus Lorenz and Nick Bateman, Extension entomologists with the University of Arkansas, say...
Nathan Slaton, head of the Arkansas Soil Testing Lab, has been appointed assistant director of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station effective July 1.
“I am thrilled about Dr. Slaton’s willingness to become a full-time member of the Agricultural Experiment Station’s...
Each of the past several years have proven rainy and problematic about the time many of our rice acres are ready to receive nitrogen fertilizer and go to flood. Our goal is always to apply preflood nitrogen in the...
Do you think you're a good water manager who can maximize water-use efficiency? If so, enter the University of Arkansas' 2018 Arkansas Rice and Row Crop Irrigation Yield Contest for rice, soy and corn producers.
If you earn the top...
With the first commercial fields of Provisia Rice planted this season, the University of Arkansas has added a new color to the Flag the Technology line-up to identify rice tolerant to Provisia Herbicide.
Flag the Technology is a quick and...
Terry Siebenmorgen, director of the University of Arkansas’s Rice Processing Program, received the Rice Technical Working Group Distinguished Service Award at the organization’s biennial meeting recently in Long Beach, California.
The award recognizes Siebenmorgen’s career-long research to improve post-harvest rice...
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