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USA Rice Encounters “The Next Frontier in Food” at 2025 Gulfood Show

Feb 21, 2025

An estimated 150,000 visitors attended the weeklong show and its eight sectors including grains, pulses, beverages, dairy, and world food. Full story

International Meeting Covers the ABCs of Rice Research

Feb 20, 2025

The 40th biennial Rice Technical Working Group meeting covered everything from agronomy, breeding, and cytogenics to utilization, weed control, and yield. Full story

In Memory: Patricia Lynn Woods

Feb 20, 2025

Patricia was a force of nature – strong, tenacious, and courageous, often described as a spitfire with a delightful sense of humor. Full story

USA Rice Checks In with Central American Rice Markets

Feb 19, 2025

FECARROZ represents rice millers and industry stakeholders from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, playing a key role in trade policy and market development. Full story

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Louisiana Rice Industry Preps for Planting with Meetings, Annual Rice Ball

Feb 18, 2025

Over the weekend, the Louisiana rice industry came together at the Grand Opera of the South for membership meetings and the Annual Rice Ball. Full story

Kirk Satterfield at podium in front of slide with American flag

Mississippi Farmers Pack Annual Rice Council Meeting

Feb 14, 2025

It was a packed house at the Bolivar County Extension Auditorium for the Mississippi Rice Council Annual meeting yesterday. Full story

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Report from First World Market Price Meeting of 2025

Feb 14, 2025

Each February the World Market Price meeting provides the opportunity to wrap up the prior year’s figures and offer the first projections for the coming crop year. Full story

Ag Secy Brooke-Rollins & USDA bldg on National Mall

USA Rice Welcomes New USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins

Feb 13, 2025

With a 72-28 vote, the U.S. Senate approved Rollins to lead USDA. Full story

An Emotional Rollercoaster Ride at the 2025 A-State Agribusiness Conference

Feb 13, 2025

The farm economy was the focus at the 2025 conference and the mood was best described as tense. Full story

Vintage B&W photo from September 1909 of rice delivery by horse-drawn wagon to new rice mill

Tapping Into the Knowledge of 216 Rice Crops on The Rice Stuff

Feb 11, 2025

Join four of the most distinguished and venerated rice farmers in the country as they talk about their lifetime of experiences in the industry. Full story

Greenway Equipment Joins Rice Stewardship Partnership

Feb 10, 2025

With the support of Greenway Equipment, American rice producers can participate in programs that promote the viability of family farms today and for future generations. Full story

USTR-Nominee Jamieson Greer at Senate hearing

USTR Nominee Cites California Rice Connection at Confirmation Hearing

Feb 07, 2025

The Senate questioned Jamieson Greer, Trump's nominee to be the new USTR. Full story

Jennifer James delivers testimony at Senate Ag hearing

Rice Farmer Reinforces Need for Farm Economy Stability, Increased Reference Price to Senate Agriculture Committee

Feb 06, 2025

Arkansas rice farmer Jennifer James testified before the Senate Ag Committee yesterday on the realities of the current farm economy. Full story

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Grower Meetings Across the Mid-South Address Changing Landscape for U.S. Agriculture Policy

Feb 05, 2025

This week, growers in Texas and Louisiana heard updates from researchers, breeders, mills, DU, and USA Rice. Full story

Harvest on Fields of Gold, Isbell Farms photo

2025 PLC & ARC Enrollment Now Open

Feb 04, 2025

If an election is not submitted by the deadline of April 15, 2025, the election defaults to the election for crops on the farm from 2024. Full story

Three banners on display at the AR Grown Conference show soybeans, rice, and catfish

Rice Industry on Stage at Arkansas Grown Conference

Feb 03, 2025

The idea is to bring Arkansas specialty crop producers together to network and glean new knowledge and not have to leave the state. Full story

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Industry Meets to Update Strategic Plan for Rice Pest Management

Jan 31, 2025

The most recent version of the Pest Management Strategic Plan is from 2004 thus critically out of date as practices and pests have changed since that time. Full story

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Anheuser-Busch Makes Large Donation to The Rice Foundation

Jan 30, 2025

The donation was presented at last month’s USA Rice Outlook Conference at the “Choose Beer Grown Here Bar” flanked by displays of beer made with U.S.-grown rice. Full story

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Annual Conference Touts Latest Agriculture Production Methods and Techniques

Jan 29, 2025

This year's meeting featured 22 unique rice sessions presented by 17 rice research scientists, three rice farmers, and two rice consultants. Full story

In Memory: John LaRose, Sr.

Jan 29, 2025

The creative force behind the inception of the Annual National Conservation Systems Cotton and Rice Conference, LaRose is remembered for his dedication to the ag industry. Full story

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