In January, Rice Farming reported that Louisiana State University had released an early, high-yielding long grain and a high-amylose long grain for parboiling and export markets — LA19-2212 and LA20-2126. Both varieties are from Dr. Adam Famoso’s breeding program out of the LSU AgCenter.
LA19-2212 has now been named Avant, and LA20-2126 has been named Addi Jo.
Avant is a cross between LSU AgCenter variety, Cocodrie, and the University of Arkansas variety, LaGrue.