Some Louisiana Farmers are Growing 'Row' Rice and Helping the LSU AgCenter with Research
By Tammi Arender, KNOE-TV 8, Monroe
MER ROUGE - Jason Waller has been farming in northeast Louisiana his entire life. He’s been farming rice in Morehouse parish for over 20 years. He’s now experimenting with a relatively new way to grow the grain. “There was a 26 percent water savings on the row rice as opposed to the paddy rice,” said Jason Waller. Waller is partnering with the LSU AgCenter and helping them with research on the non-traditional growing method.