2025 Horizon Ag Louisiana Field Day Set for June 23

The 2025 Horizon Ag Field Day, scheduled for June 23 at Richard Farms in Kaplan, is the place to be for updates on the top rice varieties planted in Louisiana this season as well as new Provisia® lines expected to be available in 2026.

Farmers can hear from industry and university specialists how high-yielding Clearfield® and Provisia varieties, like CLL19, PVL03 and CLL16, are faring this year and best practices for maximizing yield potential the last weeks of the season.

In addition, it’s a chance to see promising new PVL05, from the LSU rice breeding program, and PVL06, from University of Arkansas breeders, planted in strips on the farm beside current Provisia varieties PVL03 and PVL04. Both PVL05 and PVL06 are expected to have a limited launch in 2026.

“This annual event always draws a good crowd, because of the great information shared by our speakers, and the opportunity it gives attendees to talk to each other about what they are seeing in fields across Louisiana,” says Dr. Tim Walker, Horizon Ag CEO. “I think there is also a lot of interest in the new Provisia varieties and how that technology is helping more and more farmers in the region get control of herbicide resistant weedy rice and grasses.”

Registration for the field day starts at 4:30 p.m. on June 23, and will be followed by presentations from Horizon Ag, LSU AgCenter and industry specialists.

The event will end with a fantastic dinner and time to visit with friends — “the best way to conclude a field day in rice country,” says Walker.

More information about the field day is available by calling Horizon Ag at 866-237-6167.

FIELD DAY AT A GLANCE:

Date – June 23, 2025

Time – 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Where – Richard Farms, 632 Louisiana Highway 700, Kaplan, LA 70548