Favorable Weather Speeding Rice Harvest Efforts

By Corey Conner

Horizon Ag

Harvest across the southern region has wrapped up. The second crop harvest in Louisiana and west of Houston should kick off soon.

Fall preparation of fields to be planted in 2023 is well underway. We firmly believe the acreage of PVL03 will increase substantially in 2023, based on its performance this past season. With this being said, it is very important to start clean and stay clean. Winter weed control is an important part of this.

Additionally, there are advantages to drilling rice into a stale seedbed at a uniform depth. Larger weed carcasses can negatively impact seed-to-soil contact as well as uniformity of seed depth. Finally, with lots of vegetation at planting or a thick mat of dead weed carcasses, coverage of preemergence or delayed preemergence herbicides can be hindered. Therefore, fall herbicides can greatly help seed performance in 2023.