Episode 57 of the award-winning The Rice Stuff podcast takes listeners behind the scenes to the largest and oldest agriculture festival in Louisiana, the 85th International Rice Festival.
Podcast co-host and USA Rice vice president of communications and domestic promotion, Michael Klein was once again in Crowley, Louisiana, for the celebration of all things rice with colleagues Kane Webb and Deborah Willenborg, and he shares a festival report with co-host Lesley Dixon.
Read MoreOver the past week, USA Rice joined hundreds of other agriculture and business-focused organizations urging the Biden Administration and Congress to step in and find a resolution to avoid a potential rail labor strike or lockout.
Read MoreFollowing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s announcement of the Market Year Average (MYA) prices for southern long and medium/short grain rice, USA Rice has released an updated Price Loss Coverage (PLC) payment calculator for the 2021 rice crop. This USA Rice-developed tool helps project potential rice PLC payments.
Read MoreDespite the many challenges of 2022, the October USDA production forecasts released during harvest did not paint the grim picture many were dreading. For the Midsouth area, average yields of major row crops were down, as most would expect.
Read MoreThe 26th Annual National Conservation Systems Cotton & Rice Conference, the Southern Soybean & Corn Conference, the Delta States Irrigation Conference and the Southern Precision Ag Conference are headed to Baton Rouge, LA. The conferences are sponsored by Cotton Incorporated and US Rice Producers Association.
Read MoreLouisiana-based JT Meleck Distillers has launched the ‘first’ commercially available American whiskey to be made 100% from rice.
Read MoreThis past weekend, avid birders and ornithologists from across the country and across “the pond” descended on southwest Louisiana for the 14th Annual Yellow Rails and Rice Festival. Participants from 29 states and the United Kingdom took to the rice fields near here for the chance to catch a glimpse of the elusive Yellow Rail.
Read MoreWhile just about everyone in South Louisiana knows that every Monday is red beans & rice day, Oct. 24 will now be recognized as the “official” day for the dish by the State of Louisiana.
Gov. John Bel Edwards signed a proclamation Monday (Oct. 24) morning on the steps of the State Capitol to officially recognize the day.
Read MoreA lot goes into putting on the Rice Festival and it all begins with the rice industry.
The life of the rice starts with the life of the farmer and as farmer Paul Zaunbrecher told News 10 that “it’s got to be something you love.”
Read MoreAs we approach Rice Festival weekend in Crowley, let's take a trip back in time courtesy of some really slick photo editing and colorization.
Read MoreDr. Ronnie Levy, the rice specialist at the Louisiana State University (LSU) AgCenter, has been chosen as the 85th International Rice Festival Honoree. Dr. Levy was honored at the festival’s Queen’s Ball and Honoree Social on Saturday, October 8. The festival kicks off here starting tomorrow, October 20, through Sunday, October 23. The International Rice Festival is the largest community-based festival in Louisiana and celebrates the entire Louisiana rice industry.
Read MoreThis month’s 2022/23 U.S. corn outlook is for reduced supplies, greater feed and residual use, lower exports and corn used for ethanol, and smaller ending stocks. Corn production is forecast at 13.895 billion bushels, down 49 million on a reduction in yield to 171.9 bushels per acre. Corn supplies are forecast at 15.322 billion bushels, a decline of 172 million bushels from last month, as lower production and beginning stocks are partially offset by higher imports.
Read MoreIt’s “Monday’s favorite meal.”
A Louisiana tradition that dates back to the 19th century is still alive and Governor John Bel Edwards has officially declared October 24 as “Red Beans & Rice Day.”
Read MoreThis year’s rice harvest in southwest Louisiana could be the costliest and possibly one of the more frustrating ones for many farmers in what could have been a banner year in the industry.
Read MoreSince Prime Minister Ariel Henry’s September announcement that he was ending subsidies for fuel, violent protests and an uptick in gang violence has ravaged the country. This is an escalation of the violence, kidnappings, and theft of food, fuel, and other goods that have been a part of everyday life here since last year’s assassination of Haitian President Moise. U.S. rice exports have been, taken by gangs directly off ships, off trucks after discharging at port, and even taken from humanitarian warehouses.
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