Rice

Louisiana Rice Tour May 23

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:10:00 +0000

The Evangeline Parish Rice Tour will be held May 23 starting at 8 a.m.

House passes $940 billion farm bill out of committee

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:00:00 +0000

Nutrition programs and dairy policy face major debate

Late Wednesday night, the House Agriculture Committee passed its version of the farm bill on a 36 to 10 vote.

House ag committee passes farm bill

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:12:00 +0000

House ag committee's farm bill meets with approval from most farm groups, although some express reservations.

Photos: Lively Farms hits Mississippi fields for rice planting

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:25:00 +0000

Young Mississippi farmer Chris Lively, Lively Farms, Coahoma County, took advantage of clear skies May 14 and began planting Cocodrie rice. Chris, along with his father Gerald Lively, run a tight operation — 4,700 acres of corn, soybeans, rice, wheat, and pecans. The Livelys will plant 800-1,000 rice acres; 800 acres of corn; and the rest in soybeans (plus 500 acres of winter wheat and 110 acres of permanent pecans).

Farm groups commend Senate farm bill

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:14:00 +0000

Early response to the Senate farm bill has been mostly positive as farm organizations weigh in on the bipartisan proposal passed out of the Senate Agriculture Committee May 14.

Arkansas rushes to plant crops

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:03:00 +0000

Mary Hightower, Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service

Arkansas’ cotton, rice and corn growers are making a late rally after a spring-long rain-and-cold delay that kept them from planting their crops.

Crop insurance topic of farm bill talks

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:45:00 +0000

Crop insurance will be top of mind as farm bill markups are revealed this week.

Supreme Court rules in Monsanto’s favor

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:00:00 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that patent exhaustion does not permit farmers to reproduce seeds through planting and harvesting without the patent holder’s permission.

As rains, frosts ushered in May, year past racked up heat records

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

As spring weather turns Mid-South planting plans topsy-turvy, 2012 drought and heat set records

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House farm bill draft released

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:43:00 +0000

Legislation mark-up scheduled for Wednesday morning

Prior to Wednesday's mark-up, the House Agriculture Committee has released a draft of a new farm bill.