USA – How Blue Moon Acres Farm became a field-grown rice pioneer
A rice producer from New Jersey has a model farm which is environmentally friendly.
USA – Conventional rice varieties promising in preliminary trials
Diamond showed appreciable yield increases over currently grown long-grain varieties including Roy J and LaKast and CL151. Titan showed particular advantages over other medium-grain varieties such as Jupiter and CL272.
USA – Biologist Devotes Life To Wild Rice
Wild rice is not true rice but an aquatic grass that grows best in gently flowing water with mucky bottoms. It’s harvested in the fall.
USA – Researchers Trace “New World” Rice Back to Africa, Suggesting New Link between Crop Movement and the Slave Trade
A team of researchers has traced a type of rice grown in the South American country of Suriname to a similar type found in the fields of Ivory Coast.
USA – Bad Weather Cuts 2016 Manoomin Harvest in Half
Wild rice may be scarce this year, as poor weather has drastically reduced the harvest.
USA – Wildlife Biologist Predicting Wild Rice Crop To Be Below Average This Year
The wild rice crop in northern Wisconsin is likely to be below average this year.
USA – Scientists look into rice that can tolerate salty conditions
A team of researchers, led by prominent Filipino-American scientist Michael Purugganan, will study the response of rice in saline soil conditions under a 4-year, US$4 million grant from the US National Science Foundation
USA – NELA farmers embrace new rice growing method
It’s called the row rice method. Polypipe tubes lay along the outside of the rice field, sending water down each row.
USA – 2016 Rice Field Day expects growers from around the state
Scheduled for 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Aug. 31, those in attendance will receive an update on research findings from this past year.
USA – Rice Leaf Blast Confirmed in Mississippi
Monitoring flood depth is a cultural practice to implement as a means of reducing rice blast