A recent decline in rice prices probably will not continue, and the market is likely to resume its upward trend, an LSU AgCenter AgCenter economist said at the Evangeline Parish Rice Field Tour....
By Betsy Ward,
President and CEO
USA Rice Federation
Near panic ensued for almost two weeks as intense media attention about a global rice shortage and the decision by some Sam’s Club and Costco stores to limit rice purchases for their customers caused shoppers in some areas in the United States to clear the shelves of rice....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The secret to Frank Melton’s longevity in farming becomes obvious once he’s in his pickup truck bumping along turn rows looking at his crops — he just plain loves his job....
By Bob Scott
Extension Weed Specialist
University of Arkansas
When Clearfield rice and Newpath herbicide were first being developed, two other technologies offered the promise of red rice control in a growing rice crop — Roundup Ready rice and LibertyLink rice....
Rice production in Asia, Africa and Latin America is forecast to reach a new record level in 2008, said the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, warning that world rice prices could remain high in the short term, as much of the 2008 crops will only be harvested by the end of the year....
By Robert H. Wells
Delta Research and Extension Center
Stoneville, Miss.
A multi-state project to reveal genetic markers for some of the Mid-South’s best rice breeding lines in history is underway with the goal to produce a genetic map of about 470 of the most successful rice varieties....
The USA Rice Federation is sponsoring its annual National Rice Month (NRM) scholarship contest this September for high school juniors and seniors whose families are directly involved in the rice industry in the six major rice-growing states of Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas....
According to USDA’s May 5 crop progress report, 5 percent of the nation’s soybean crop has been planted, which is behind the five-year average of 14 percent....
Two years after questions arose regarding the viability of the U.S. rice industry, the sector has emerged stronger and has a very promising outlook with total U.S. rice exports forecast to increase around 20 percent, according to a new Rabobank report, “U.S. Rice.”...
World rice production is expected to increase in 2008 by 12 million metric tons or 1.8 percent, assuming normal weather conditions, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said in its first forecast of the new year....
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