Rice

Row rice featured at virtual field day

Presentations for the virtual northeast Louisiana row rice field day were released July 27, providing farmers with the latest information from LSU AgCenter researchers.

The pump that transformed the prairie

Some historian say advances in harvesting machinery were a big reason for the growth of the Louisiana rice industry in the late 1800s.

Hurricane threatens balance of Louisiana rice harvest

The 2017 rice harvest is wrapping up in south Louisiana with overall results considered fair because of unfavorable weather, but an approaching tropical storm could complicate getting the remaining crop out of the fields.

Rain marks rice season

Frequent rainstorms have cast a shadow over the rice farming season, but South Louisiana farmers can see the silver lining behind the thunderheads.

New rice lines featured at AgCenter field day

More than 400 people attended the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station field day on June 28 to hear about the latest work being done to help rice farmers.

Recent rains concern rice growers

Continual rainfall in the past few days has farmers worried about disease problems in their rice crop, an LSU AgCenter plant pathologist said at rice field days held in Jefferson Davis and Evangeline parishes.