New research suggests that gene-edited rice would likely survive in Martian soil, providing a staple crop to hungry colonizers.

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In August of 2005, a group of U.S. rice producers and millers traveled to Havana, Cuba, to visit with officials from ALIMPORT, the Cuban Government’s primary grain-buying agency, about purchases of U.S. rice.

After passage of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, Cuba had begun buying U.S. rice for the first time since the U.S. imposed a trade embargo on the island after Fidel Castro rose to power in 1960.

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This past weekend, at the 51st Rayne Frog Festival here, the theme was “Living off the Land.” Among the presentations on a variety of agricultural products and industries, was one on the history of rice production given by Paul Zaunbrecher, a fifth-generation rice farmer from here who farms with his brothers at GF&P Zaunbrecher Farms.

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The opening of the Jubilee Justice Specialty Foods and Rice Mill is the culmination of a successful rice experiment benefitting a collective of Black farmers from across the South. The project involved growing rice using the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method. 

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A recent decision by a Louisiana appellate court to uphold the state's “Truth in Labeling of Food Products Act” has been hailed as a victory for consumers and the agriculture industry. The 3-0 ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans was made in response to a constitutional challenge by plant-based meat substitute company Tofurky, which argued that the law violated its First Amendment rights to free speech.

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Andy Weir's bestselling 2011 book, The Martian, features botanist Mark Watney's efforts to grow food on Mars after he becomes stranded there. While Watney's initial efforts focus on growing potatoes, new research presented at the 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference by a team of interdisciplinary researchers from the U of A suggests future Martian botanists like Watney may have a better option: growing rice.

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Mississippi rice farmer and chairman of USA Rice Kirk Satterfield testified on behalf of the rice industry on Wednesday during a hearing held by the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit on “Producer Perspectives on the 2023 Farm Bill.” Witnesses included leaders from nine other major commodity organizations.

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Farmers in certain Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi counties can now apply for the “Conjunctive Water Use Protects Mid-South Aquifers” Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).

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Rice planting along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana is mostly done, and the crop is rapidly progressing. In Texas, conventional rice planting is mainly completed, with the majority of organic fields still to be planted. Overall, the crop looks fairly good, with many fields approaching permanent flood. East of Houston, which normally plants a little later, is about 70 percent planted with recent showers slowing down progress.

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The Director of the Rice Foundation, Dr. Steve Linscombe, discusses the staple food source for half of the world population.

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