…sacrificing longer cycle life. The process of recovering silicon nanoparticles from rice husks. The photographed substances are: raw rice husks, leached rice husks, nano silicon oxide, and nano silicon. The…
U.S. Agriculture in Vietnam
…percent, will be eliminated within eight years. Rice: The United States exported $140,000 of rice and rice products to Vietnam in 2015. Under the TPP, Vietnam will immediately eliminate its…
NASS Mid-Year Surveys
…including the annual Acreage report, Rice Stocks report and quarterly Grain Stocks report, all to be released June 30, 2016 at 9:00 am PT. Survey data contribute to NASS’s monthly…
Agri View: 2016 Farm Outlook
…cotton, rice, sorghum, oil crops, dry beans, potatoes, and sugarcane/sugar beets are forecast to rise by at least 1 percent in 2016. Direct government farm program payments are forecast to…
Prospective Plantings for 2016
…low planted acreage is estimated in California. Rice – California farmers intend to seed rice on 427 thousand acres, 1 percent above the acreage seeded in 2015. The expressed intentions…
The Western View: Fake Science
…American and Swedish scientists, have discovered a gene from the barley plant which, when injected into rice, can eliminate the rice crop’s methane emissions – which accounts for about 17…
Agri View: Standards and Grades Facts
…has developed strict measures of quality for products such as grains, rice, corn, and beans. Quality Grading and Inspections Quality grading is based on the standards developed for each product….
Collaborative Projects Aim to Aid Salmon
…are getting done,” he said. There’s a shift in approach to solving issues related to protecting endangered species, said Jack Rice, California Farm Bureau Federation associate counsel. “There are ways…
Food and Ag Groups Express Optimism for New Opportunities in Cuba
…Brian King, Chairman of the USA Rice Western Hemisphere Promotions Subcommittee “The announcement today, like the White House announcements on liberalized travel from last week, continues the momentum toward normalized…
How is Climate Change Affecting Agriculture?
…evolution of local climate conditions and the acreage of 12 major crops grown in Yolo County. The crops included processing tomatoes, rice, alfalfa, wheat, corn, prunes, grapes, walnuts, almonds, safflower,…
Farmers Discuss Issues at State Capitol
Colusa County rice farmer Chris Torres, left, and Lake County Farm Bureau Executive Director Brenna Sullivan discuss issues important to California agriculture with Assemblymember Bill Dodd, D-Napa, right, during a…
Agri View: Foreign Trade
…Economy.) Historically, bulk commodities-wheat, rice, coarse grains, oilseeds, cotton, and tobacco-accounted for most of U.S. agricultural exports. However, in the 1990s, U.S. exports of consumer-oriented products inlucding high-value products (HVP)-…
Nigiri Project Mixes Salmon and Rice Fields
Nigiri Project Mixes Salmon and Rice Fields for Fifth Year on Floodplain Experiment Points to Water Policy Solutions to Support Both Salmon Recovery and Agriculture Juvenile salmon feast on bugs…
Crop Insurance Organic
…Addendum to cover their crops at a higher price than traditional crops. The Contract Price Addendum allows farmers transitioning to organic production to insure certain crops at their contract price…