Hot, sunny weather has quickly matured rice crops across Louisiana, and combines will soon begin harvesting what is expected to be a good crop for growers. LSU AgCenter reporter Craig Gautreaux has the story from southwest Louisiana.
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How do you nurture the soil, feed hungry bodies, and heal hurt people and places in these stressed-out times? In Central Louisiana, on five acres of what was once a cotton plantation called “Hard Times,” a network of Black farmers is leading an experiment in rice-growing, regeneration and repair.
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It’s been a busy week for the rice industry in Louisiana and Texas, with field days and meetings wrapping up just in time for growers to get back in the field. In Louisiana, that means harvesting fields of the varieties Avant, DG263L and PVL03.
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Identifying climate-smart strategies for water management is the goal of a three-year rice production study funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Changyoon Jeong, LSU AgCenter water quality specialist, will lead the study at the Red River Research Station in Bossier City and the H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station in Crowley
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Michael Frugé dreamed of improving the quality of rice offered by U.S. brands.
The LSU AgCenter visualized a world where poverty-stricken people with diets heavy on rice could get more protein.
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Despite myriad forces facing rice farmers in 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Agricultural Statistical Service (NASS) now projects that about 1.311 million acres of the crop have been planted in Arkansas. That’s nearly 200,000 more acres than were planted in 2022, according to the latest NASS report released June 30.
Nationally, about 2.687 million acres have been planted, a nearly 400,000-acre uptick since the last growing season. California ranks second in rice production with 478,000 acres, while Louisiana ranks third with about 460,000 acres.
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Rice harvest is already under way in the Everglades Agricultural Area of southern Florida and will soon begin in southwest Louisiana and in Texas, west of Houston.
Florida Crystals in western Palm Beach County began harvest late last week with their medium grain variety Titan. While it is too early to gauge the crop as yet, yields appear promising.
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The hot and dry summer we’ve been experiencing is likely to limit the yields for some of the state’s key crops, like rice. Louisiana Rice Specialist Ronnie Levy with the LSU Ag Center said if planted late in the season, anything flowering now could affect pollination.
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With a heat wave gripping Louisiana, scores of farmers sweated, sipped water and shaded themselves with hats and event programs as they toured the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station during its annual field day June 28.
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Earlier this month, a small shipment of U.S. rice was exported and unloaded here by a private importer, marking one of the first commercial sales to Cuba in many years. In recent years, sporadic shipments of U.S. rice have made it into the country, but primarily on a charitable basis.
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Hot and dry weather may limit the yields for some of Louisiana’s most important crops, though the full impact won’t be known until harvest, LSU AgCenter experts say.
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The 101st Annual Convention of the Louisiana Farm Bureau (LAFB) took place last week, bringing together agricultural producers and industry representatives from across the state to discuss the importance of Louisiana agriculture and the challenges ahead.
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Earlier today, a bipartisan legislative effort to restore America’s role in international food aid was announced at a press conference on Capitol Hill. Representative co-leaders Tracy Mann (R-KS), John Garamendi (D-CA), Rick Crawford (R-AR), and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) introduced the American Farmers Feed The World Act of 2023.
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The Rice Production Program (RPP) application deadline is Monday, July 10, 2023.
The program was advocated for by USA Rice and is designed to offer assistance to rice farmers who experienced stagnant rice prices and record-high input costs during the 2022 crop year.
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As anyone in South Louisiana knows, rice is a major part of one’s diet. It is the most widely consumed staple food for more than half of the world’s population, which continues to grow each year. With the production of rice increasing, so does the need for water to grow it. In order to not use up nature’s most precious valuable resource—water—one LSU College of Engineering professor is working with the LSU AgCenter to design a new variety of rice that will be able to withstand drought conditions, making rice production fruitful while not exhausting natural resources.
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