2008: ‘sprangletop year’ in many rice fields 

Jul 7, 2008,

By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.

This year seems to get tougher as we go. A state-wide rain would sure do wonders. ...

Farm bill meetings in Arkansas and northeast Louisiana 

Jul 7, 2008

USA Rice Federation staff will provide rice industry members with an overview and explanation of the key provisions of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (the recently enacted 2008 farm bill) at meetings to be held in Arkansas and northeast Louisiana, July 21-23....

Rice field day in Richland Parish set for July 21 

Jul 3, 2008

The LSU AgCenter’s annual Northeast Louisiana rice field day will be held July 21 at the Elliot Colvin farm and the Rayville Civic Center in Rayville, La....

Rice meeting, July 18, Cleveland, Miss. 

Jul 3, 2008

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation’s annual Summer Rice Grower Meeting is scheduled for July 18 at the Bolivar County Extension Service Auditorium in Cleveland, Miss....

Mid-South cotton crop off to excellent start 

Jul 2, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Mid-South producers are reporting good starts to their cotton crops this season, according to USDA’s June 30 crop progress report. ...

Rough rice stocks down 49 percent 

Jul 2, 2008

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released its rice stocks report yesterday showing that rough rice stocks in all positions on June 1 totaled 53.4 million hundredweight (cwt)....

Difficult year sets up weeds in rice fields 

Jun 27, 2008,

By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.

Most of the calls I am getting now are about typical big grass or grown-up weed messes. There are, however, a lot of clean fields....

LSU AgCenter Rice Field Day July 2 in Crowley 

Jun 25, 2008

Rice researchers will share details of their ongoing work during the LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station Field Day at Crowley, La., on July 2....

Grain basis information available on-line 

Jun 20, 2008,

By Scott Stiles
Extension Economist
University of Arkansas

Basis is the difference between a cash or local price for a commodity and the futures price of a particular commodity on a given futures exchange. ...

Grape colaspis increasing problem for rice growers 

Jun 19, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

A tiny grub — often small as a pinhead — is busy denuding large chunks of central Arkansas rice fields. ...

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