A lot of Command was out for days or even weeks without activating rainfall and most growers did not flush. Emerged grass that is going to be in a lot of the fields must be dealt with....More

Recent increases in diesel fuel and urea prices have applied more downward pressure on prospective rice acreage....More

The LSU AgCenter web log that follows the progression of a rice field at the LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station is again allowing internet visitors to see the management of a rice crop....More

Arkansas’ rice is being planted at the fastest pace since 1981, according to the first crop progress report of the season issued Monday by the National Agricultural Statistics Service....More

Since last fall, when the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture initiated the N-STaR Nitrogen Soil Test for Rice, farmers have submitted about 1,500 silt loam soil samples for analysis....More

Dustin Harrell and Brenda Tubaña, LSU AgCenter agronomists, were among seven scientists honored by the Rice Technical Working Group with a team award for their collaborative work on a nitrogen soil test for rice....More

The Louisiana Rice Growers Board of Directors heard a presentation on the proposed comprehensive plan for Louisiana’s coastline written by the Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration....More

While barnyardgrass is still the No. 1 weed for rice producers in Mississippi, two glyphosate-resistant weeds are starting to climb the ladder – Palmer amaranth and Italian ryegrass....More

By 2032, demographers predict that just one rice farmer in China will feed three other people. This could be the single biggest social change in the last 1,000 years, in rice for sure and perhaps in the financial history of the world....More

Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kans., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and Jennifer Duffy, senior editor for The Cook Political Report, addressed rice industry members during the general session of the USA Rice Federation’s 2012 Government Affairs Conference at the Hyatt Regency Washington....More

Mid-South mills are warning producers that the quality of U.S. long-grain rice is increasingly at the top of customer concerns. Following several extremely difficult growing seasons that produced uneven rice crops, quality has been a hot topic during winter meetings....More