Varieties & Hybrids

Taking into consideration the health and safety of attendees, RiceTec released a video series of its typically in-person field day near Harrisburg, Arkansas. The five videos ranging in topics can be seen at https://www.ricetec.com/virtual-field-day-2021/. View the presentations from rice industry experts...

Delta rice farmers will have two opportunities to see the latest Clearfield and Provisia varieties from Horizon Ag at separate field days in Arkansas in August. The first will be held on Aug. 4 at the University of Arkansas Rice...

• By Vicky Boyd, Editor • For the first time in its history, RiceTec plans to launch a variety — RTv7231 MA — for the 2022 season. It will likely be joined by the hybrid, RT7331 MA, both of which belong...

• By Vicky Boyd, Editor • At a recent field tour near Kaplan, Louisiana, Horizon Ag gave growers a preview of the newest Provisia rice variety, PVL03, which it plans to launch commercially for the 2022 season. Tested for the past four...

• By Vicky Boyd, Editor • The Louisiana State University AgCenter may have canceled its in-person rice field day in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic, but research on the station near Crowley continued with nary a disruption following proper safety...

RiceTec plans to hold its Louisiana field day, June 29, from 9 a.m.-noon CDT at the Troy Fruge Farm, southeast corner of Highway 97 at Ye Olde County Road near Iota. Topics to be discussed include the FullPage system, which...

After only being allowed to meet virtually last year, rice farmers will be able to put boots on the ground at this year’s rice field day, which will be held June 30 at the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey...

A Clemson University research scientist renowned for his role in reviving the original Southern peanut crop from only a handful of seeds has been elected president of the Carolina Gold Rice Foundation. Brian Ward, based out of Clemson’s Coastal Research...

RiceTec and Adama partner on limited launch of the Max-Ace herbicide-tolerant rice system. • By Vicky Boyd, Editor • This season, RiceTec and Adama plan a limited launch of the Max-Ace Rice Crop Solution system that pairs RiceTec’s herbicide-tolerant rice cultivars with...

Work moves forward on herbicide-tolerant California medium-grain production system. • By Vicky Boyd, Editor • The California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation, in conjunction with Albaugh LLC, continues work to bring the herbicide-tolerant ROXY Rice Production System to market. Researchers at the grower-owned Rice...

Following Environmental Protection Agency approval in February, RiceTec and Adama plan to bring to market their new Max-Ace Rice Cropping Solution. The herbicide-tolerant rice cultivars, paired with Highcard herbicide, give rice growers another  weed control tool, high yield potential...

• By Vicky Boyd, Editor • Many growers for the first time got to see the FullPage herbicide-tolerant rice system growing in the field during RiceTec's recent field day near Harrisburg, Arkansas. For the 2019 growing season, Alvin, Texas-based RiceTec plans a...

The California Rice Experiment Station in Biggs, in partnership with the California Rice Research Foundation and the University of California, will host its annual Rice Field Day Aug. 29. The program begins at 8:30 a.m. with a general session that includes...

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....

Texas AgriLife Research and Extension has scheduled the 43rd annual Eagle Lake Rice Field Day for 4 p.m., June 26, at the Wintermann Rice Research Station on Farm-to-Market Road 102 just north of Eagle Lake. The field day will offer...