Provisia® Rice: Past Lessons Set Stage for Future Success

We hope to see you in Memphis, Tennessee on Jan. 27 at the Conservation System Cotton & Rice Conference at the Hilton Hotel East Memphis, where Dr. Tim Walker, Horizon Ag CEO, will be leading two conference breakout sessions entitled Provisia Rice: Past Lessons Set Stage for Future Success. During these session, Dr. Walker will share key learnings from recent seasons that can help rice farmers best manage Provisia varieties and the Provisia Rice System for the 2025 season. 

Both breakout sessions are scheduled for Monday, Jan. 27, with the first at 11:12 a.m. in Meeting Room #6, and the second at 4:51 p.m. in Meeting Room #9.

Horizon Ag launched the first ACCase-tolerant rice in 2018, over 15 years after it launched Clearfield® varieties. In areas like southwest Louisiana and parts of Southeast Arkansas and Northeast Arkansas, a second technology was needed due to the severe threat to yields posed by weedy rice and resistant red rice. 

Provisia rice plantings have grown significantly in Southwest Louisiana, with Horizon Ag Provisia varieties capturing over 30 percent of the market in recent years as growers seek to reclaim production potential.  However, the adoption of ACCase-tolerant rice in many other production regions has not exceeded 10%, despite the potential benefits the technology brings from rotation and resistance management, and the considerably higher yield potential of new varieties like PVL04. 

“Horizon Ag has worked closely with growers and university partners on how to best manage Provisia varieties, making great strides since the launch of Provisia rice,” says Dr. Walker. “The goal of this session is to review best management practices so farmers can successfully integrate this technology into herbicide rotation systems. By doing so successfully, we can extend the lives of these important technologies while improving on-farm productivity.”