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A rice glut that sent prices slumping more than a year ago is shrinking, just as El Nino arrives to parch paddies across Asia.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday that the 43,000 pound shipment of rice from Pakistan was infested with Khapra beetle larvae. Authorities say only dead larvae were found.
Louisiana is starting a program to honor farms, ranches and tree farms that have been in the same family for at least 100 years.
Nationwide, the total rice acreage averages around 2.8 million to 3 million, but that total could exceed 3 million this year.
Here are four things to keep in mind about armyworms, especially if you’re seeing damage but no worms.
If you plan to grow medium-grain rice in 2014, there are a few things to consider going into the year
Few broadleaf herbicides that exhibit soil residual activity are available for rice. Sharpen is a group 14 inhibiting herbicide and supplemental labeling will allow in-season applications to rice in 2014.
Nearly 70% of the U.S. rice crop is in good to excellent condition, about on par with the same time last year.