USA – Rice farmers may reap unexpected benefits from drought
As California endures the fourth year of a severe drought, rice farmers in the Sacramento Valley may be cashing in on their water supply.
USA – Butte county rice growers do it again, topping charts on production
If you’re rooting for your home team in the race for agricultural production, it’s easy to be a fair weather fan of Butte County Rice.
USA – Rice coalition eyes Cuba
The USA Rice Federation has joined with more than 25 prominent U.S. food and agriculture associations and companies to form a coalition that seeks to advance trade relations between the United States and Cuba.
USA – ‘Rice-enomics’ in a drought
When herbicides swept from farms into rivers, George Tibbitts adopted better water-management strategies.
USA – Drought means less California rice, but good prices for rice that was grown
Source: Chico ER 28/10/2014 – Nothing about this year’s rice growing season has been business-as-usual. Some growers received no water. Others received most of their water. Some rice growers sold water. By the time all the rice acreage in California was tallied, officials say about 25 percent less rice was planted this year. Last year…
USA – Wild rice harvesting a time-honored tradition
Today the tribes still collect wild rice and help manage harvest of the valuable crop.
USA – Dry year means smooth sailing for rice growers, if they had water
Some growers, including those who receive water from Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, received 75 percent of their normal water supply this year.
USA – Drought prompts experiments with rice straw
Typically considered an inexpensive, low-quality livestock feed, rice straw is getting special treatment this year, as more growers experiment with new ways of baling it to try to retain more of its nutritional quality.
U.S.A. – Fighting poisons with bacteria
Going inside the rice microbiome.
USA – Farming for birds: Rice farmers rescue wetlands
In the past month, The Nature Conservancy of California implemented a new rescue program called BirdReturns where donors put up money to pay farmers to flood their rice fields early with well water, starting last week, and to leave them flooded into April next year, well past when they are usually drained.