Louisiana rice farmers are certainly having a sense of deja vu as this year’s harvest comes to a close, as they’ve seen consistent, near-daily rainfall that has hampered their operations.
In the spring of 2021, steady rains caused farmers to have to delay planting rice, fertilizing fields and applying other chemicals.
Read MoreLouisiana corn for grain production is forecast at 71.8 million bushels, down 15 percent from the August 1 forecast and down 31 percent from 2021. Based on conditions as of September 1, yield is expected to average 165 bushels per acre, down 10 bushels from last month and down 18 bushels from last year.
Read MoreHere in Arkansas rice is a very important crop contributing over $6 billion annually to my state’s economy. The industry also employs over 25,000 people in my state. Arkansas is the #1 rice producing state in the USA and is home to 2300 rice farms. 96% of these farms are family owned and operated just like mine.
Read MoreThe Rice Leadership Development Program gives future leaders a comprehensive understanding of the rice industry, with an emphasis on personal development and communication skills. The class attends four one-week sessions over a two-year period that encompasses studies of all aspects of the rice industry through firsthand observations.
Read MoreIn partnership with the US Rice Producers Association, the Stoesser family is offering a $5,000 scholarship each year to one deserving high school senior or current college student who is interested in or is currently pursuing a career in an agriculture-related field.
Read MoreTwo hours south of St. Louis in McClure, Illinois, a 1,500-acre farm, Cahokia Rice, started producing and marketing the eponymous grain for the Midwest in 2018. The rice is a blend of a high-protein grain and Cypress grain, which is safer for diabetics and has a distinct nutty flavor with a fluffy texture.
(Cahokia Rice is similar to Parish Rice, developed by the LSU AgCenter’s Rice Research Station and grown by M&S Fruge Farms in Eunice. Parish Rice also has a glycemic level of 41 with 53% more protein.)
Read MoreThis year marks the 32nd anniversary of the act of Congress that designated September as National Rice Month (NRM), a month-long celebration of U.S.-grown rice honoring the more than 125,000 individuals responsible for producing, milling, handling, and processing this top quality, nutritious, and sustainable crop, including thousands of family farms that contribute millions of dollars to their local economies.
Read MoreEarlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its annual Pesticide Monitoring Program Report for Fiscal Year 2020. The report found that over 96 percent of domestic-made human foods were compliant with federal standards for pesticide tolerances set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Read MoreThe Louisiana rice harvest is more than 50% complete, and the yields have been excellent. The weather doing the growing season was very cooperative, but the harvest season has been plagued by rain. LSU AgCenter correspondent Craig Gautreaux has the story from southwest Louisiana.
Read MoreUnified by their commitment to helping southern rice farmers manage and steward the Provisia Rice System, a group of industry leaders met recently at the H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station to discuss Best Management Practices (BMP) to minimize the threat of weedy rice outcrosses developing to the ACCase-inhibiting herbicide technology.
Read MoreAt the very end of what was a bearish week, Chicago rice futures turned sharply higher on Friday. Ahead of the close, the September contract was trading 58 cents higher at one point and on track to erase all of this week’s losses. Harvest progress is now a key focal point for the rice market.
Read MoreLouisiana rough rice stocks in all positions on August 1, 2022, totaled 2.68 million cwt, down 8 percent from August 1, 2021.
Read MoreIn 2013, forward-thinking member leaders of USA Rice had the foresight to formally establish the Rice Stewardship Partnership (RSP). This partnership, anchored by USA Rice and Ducks Unlimited, was a first-of-its-kind conservation delivery team focused on voluntary working lands conservation led by a farmer advisory committee with representatives in each rice-growing state.
Read MoreThe 2022/23 U.S. corn outlook for this month calls for lower supplies, reduced feed and residual use, slightly higher food, seed, and industrial use, smaller exports, and lower ending stocks. Projected beginning stocks for 2022/23 are 20 million bushels higher based on a lower use forecast for 2021/22, where a reduction in corn used for ethanol is partially offset by greater use for glucose and dextrose.
Read MoreAl Awees, the purchasing entity in Iraq, has just purchased another 44,000 tons of U.S. long grain rice, completing the terms of the USA Rice-Al Awees Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the 2021-2022 year.
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