Dr. Albert Fischer, a University of California, Davis, weed ecophysiologist, was honored with the Marlin Brandon California Rice Industry Award at the recent California Rice Experiment Station Rice Field Day in Biggs.
The award, named after the late Dr. Marlin...
Diamonds may be a girl's best friends, but Diamond — University of Arkansas' new long-grain variety — is shaping up to be a producer's best friend.
"It has an extremely high yield potential, and people who have it are excited...
Rice acreage may be down in Mississippi this season, but the amount of ground devoted to rice research at Mississippi State University's Stoneville research station is as high as Extension agronomist Bobby Golden can remember.
This year, the U.S. Department...
A weed not typically associated with flooded rice fields has begun to trouble at least one Arkansas rice producer.
The Poinsett County grower first brought the problem of stinkgrass to the attention of Bob Scott, University of Arkansas Extension weed...
Growers host farm-scale demonstrations to learn more about the new weed-control system.
By Vicky Boyd
Editor
Kaplan, La., rice producer Christian Richard, who has a 20-acre demonstration field of Provisia rice, looks forward to having the herbicide-tolerant system as another weedy rice...
At the June 28 Louisiana State University AgCenter rice field day, members of the Louisiana rice industry took the opportunity to recognize Dr. Steve Linscombe, who is retiring on Sept. 30 after 35 years of service.
For most of those...
Got weedy rice? There's an app for that, thanks to the University of California's Cooperative Extension.
Rice producers and pest control advisers in California who suspect they may be seeing weedy rice in a field can report it using a...
This year's Arkansas Rice Expo, Aug. 4, in Stuttgart, has something for just about everyone.
New tools for soil fertility, new weed control technologies and live cooking demonstrations are just a few of the topics on the agenda.
Doors at the...
Horizon Ag has hired industry veteran Hugh Beckham as director of sales and marketing.
Beckham, whose career includes sales leadership and management with DuPont Pioneer, Monsanto and SF Services, brings more than 25 years of experience in the Southern seed business....
Growers interested in the new Provisia Rice System will get a chance to see the first commercially released variety in a large-scale planting at Horizon Ag's June 27 field day in Kaplan, La.
Developed by BASF through traditional breeding techniques, Provisia...
Kernel smut in rice seemed to be more prevalent in southwest Louisiana last year than it has been historically. Typically, kernel smut pressure in southwest Louisiana is much lower than in the northeastern Louisiana rice-production area.
Because of this, management...
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I began working in rice at Rice Researchers — a private rice breeding facility — while attending California State University, Chico. Today, I am the technical marketing and research and development manager for Helena’s Western...
Wilmington, Del.-based Nichino America Inc. and Kawasaki, Japan-based Kyoyu Agri Co. Ltd. have signed a licensing agreement that would allow Nichino to market and sell the rice herbicide, pyraclonil, in California.
The product is not currently registered for use in...
Horizon Ag and BASF have reached a formal agreement to launch the Provisia Rice System in 2018, providing a new tool for post-emergence control of a broad range of grasses, including weedy rice.
Like the Clearfield Production System for rice,...
As soon as I could legally drive a truck, Arkansas crop consultant Danny Moore hired me to work for him, which I did for 10 years. We checked a lot of rice during that time. In 2008, I joined...
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