LSU AgCenter researchers have recently been awarded three U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture grants totaling more than $1.5 million to study diseases and pests destructive to some of the state’s most important crops — rice, sugarcane and soybeans.
Read MoreSeveral U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) national program deadlines are approaching.
Read MoreA projected record in global rice production and an update on the global pulse market were among the highlights from the International Grains Council’s (IGC) 54th Council Session, held Jan. 21 via video conference.
Read MoreOne of the hottest topics at the HorizonAg winter consultant and farmer meetings so far has been the new Provisia® variety PVL03, and how it stacks up against earlier Provisia variety releases.
Rayne, Louisiana, farmer Fred Zaunbrecher grew PVL03 for seed for Horizon Ag last season.
Read MoreThis month’s 2021/22 U.S. corn outlook is for higher production, greater food, seed, and industrial use (FSI), lower exports, and larger ending stocks. Corn production is estimated at 15.115 billion bushels, up 53 million on a 0.3-million acre increase in harvested area.
Read MoreAlready up as much as 200% year-over-year, the cost of fertilizing crops is expected to get even more expensive in 2022.
In a report prepared at the request of Louisiana Rep. Julia Letlow, agricultural economists noted product shortages and growing input costs will create a challenging environment for which the farm safety net is ill-prepared.
Read MoreRayne, Louisiana rice producer Fred Zaunbrecher has grown the Provisia rice varieties PVL01, PVL02 and now, PVL03, for seed. Although he said all three offer solid grass and weedy rice control because of the Provisia trait and paired Provisia herbicide, the first two releases were not as strong agronomically as he would have liked.
Read MoreRice has a special place when it comes to the hearts and dinner tables of Southwest Louisiana. It’s also a staple in the area’s economy, courtesy of area rice producers.
Read MoreLouisiana rough rice stocks in all positions on December 1, 2021, totaled 14.0 million hundredweight (cwt), down 2 percent from December 1, 2020. Stocks held on farms totaled 6.80 million cwt, up 5 percent from a year ago. Off farm stocks totaled 7.24 million cwt, down 8 percent from last year.
Read MoreThis week, Texas A&M University’s Agricultural and Food Policy Center (AFPC) published a report analyzing the economic impacts of higher fertilizer prices on the AFPC’s 64 representative crop farms.
Read MoreAttendees at the 2021 USA Rice Outlook Conference got a sneak preview of the new USA Rice virtual Foodservice Farm & Mill Tour that’s now posted on the USA Rice website. The annual tour showcases where and how rice is grown in the U.S. and conveys the importance of sourcing domestically grown rice within foodservice operations and was pushed online in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Read MoreImporters from Latin America who attended the 2021 USA Rice Outlook Conference were invited to a special session, the U.S. Rice Quality Symposium ll, where breeders from five U.S. rice research institutions and three private companies presented 18 newly-developed U.S. rice varieties.
Read MoreOne of the most important sessions at the 2021 USA Rice Outlook Conference was the Cybersecurity session that should have served as both a wakeup call and a cautionary tale for anyone who goes on the internet. Ever.
The capacity audience at the Corteva Agriscience stage listened rapt as Greg Beck, senior vice president at Consolidated Grain and Barge Company (CGB), recounted the story of how cyber criminals took control of some of their facilities, forcing a system wide shut down.
Read MoreMore rice production can be produced while minimizing the crop’s environmental impact, new research suggests. And that’s important with global population projected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050 and with demand for rice on the rise.
A team of global researchers that includes Ted Wilson, director of the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Beaumont, have studied yield gap and resource-use efficiency across 32 of the world’s top-producing rice cropping systems. These systems account for 70% of the rice-harvest area and 51% of rice production globally. Their research is highlighted in an article published in Nature Communications
Read MoreThe EPA has registered Rogue SC, a rice herbicide from Gowan Co., LLC for use on flooded rice in three Midsouth/Delta states — Arkansas, Louisiana and Missouri. Registration is also pending for Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas, according to the company’s website.
Rogue SC is a broad-spectrum herbicide, controlling key grass, broadleaf, aquatic and sedge species in rice. In 2019-2020, Rogue received experimental use permits in Arkansas and Louisiana. Also, in April 2021 Rogue SC received a Section 18 emergency exemption to be applied in Arkansas to combat the spread of weedy rice. That exemption expired in August.
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