The Louisiana Agricultural Consultants Association has filled its Agricultural Technology and Management Conference, Feb. 11-13, to the brim with a broad array of general session topics and break-out sessions for consultants, applicators and growers.
General session topics range from bollworm...
The 2018 Mississippi State University Row Crop Short Course will feature speakers from seven states covering topics ranging from nematode management in cotton and soybeans to the potential effects of new tariffs on the state’s agricultural industry.
The MSU Extension...
A new program built on the multi-use account through John Deere Financial will offer Southern rice producers zero percent APR financing on purchases of Horizon Ag Clearfield and Provisia rice seed and BASF crop protection products for 2019.
Eligible rice...
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...
Texas rice farmers are seeing near-record yields of good quality grain, and many are considering a second harvest, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Research experts.
Dr. Lee Tarpley, AgriLife Research crop physiologist, Beaumont, says despite a few problems for some...
Mississippi growers will produce about 20 percent more rice this year, thanks in part to additional acres planted over 2017’s total.
Larry Falconer, agricultural economist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, says early forecasts predict national yields near last...
University of California Cooperative Extension farm advisor Whitney Brim-Deforest has been to several farm calls in the past few weeks about an unknown grass weed.
Between last season and this, she has seen seven fields that appear to have bad...
Rice is beginning to head in the California rice-production area. As you scout your fields, keep weedy rice in mind.
In the past few weeks, University of California Cooperative Extension farm advisers have received 10 suspect samples. Of these, two...
• 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...
Farmers heard about the benefits and challenges of growing furrow-irrigated rice at a recent Louisiana State University AgCenter row-rice field day.
The event was held at the Elliot Colvin Farm near Rayville, where the LSU AgCenter has one of three...
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...
Mississippi State University will hold its annual Rice Producer Field Day, Aug. 2, at the Delta Research and Extension Center near Stoneville beginning at 3:30 p.m.
After a brief welcome at the Capps Center, trailers will depart for the field...
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 University of Arkansas has updated its DD50 rice management program to provide more accurate reports and easier access, especially on mobile devises.
The Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board provided funding for the upgrade, says Jarrod Hardke, Extension rice...
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....
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