…influential general farm organization. Stallman, a cattle and rice producer from Columbus, Texas, is the 11th president during AFBF’s almost 97-year history. “It has been a tremendous honor to serve…
USDA Opens Enrollment Period for Agriculture Risk Coverage
…rice (which includes short grain and sweet rice), safflower seed, sesame, soybeans, sunflower seed and wheat. Upland cotton is no longer a covered commodity. The 2014 Farm Bill builds on…
Crop Management
Everett Griner talks about southern farmers now looking at rice in today’s Agri View. Crop Management…
House Votes To Repeal ‘COOL,’ Senate Urged To Follow
…it remains to be seen on which U.S. products Canada and Mexico place tariffs, a preliminary Canadian retaliation list included fresh pork and beef, bakery goods, rice, apples, wine, maple…
California Leopold Conservation Award Seeks Nominees
…a decade – including CSA, dairy, rice, vegetable and tree crop farmers, as well as cattle ranchers.” “The Leopold Conservation Award recognizes unique yet replicable strategies a farmer or rancher…
How Changes In U.S. Rice Situation Impact Price
…the World Agricultural Outlook Board talks about the net result with all of the small changes in the U.S. rice balance sheet. How Changes In U.S. Rice Situation Impact Price…
Wenger: Get Ready to Engage in an Intense Water Debate
…of crop choices. You’ll read that farmers insist on growing “water guzzling” crops. Right now, almonds and rice seem to be singled out, but other crops get slapped with the…
California Prospective Plantings for 2015
…last year. Rice – California farmers intend to seed rice on 408 thousand acres, 6 percent below the acreage seeded in 2014. The expressed intentions were to seed 375 thousand…
USDA Extends ARC and PLC Deadlines
…PLC include barley, canola, large and small chickpeas, corn, crambe, flaxseed, grain sorghum, lentils, mustard seed, oats, peanuts, dry peas, rapeseed, long grain rice, medium grain rice (which includes short…
The California Kitchen: Carrot Risotto
In today’s California Kitchen, learn to cook amazing California carrot risotto with The Untamed Chef, Albert J. Hernandez. Here’s what you’ll need: 1 Cup Arborio Rice 1 T Roasted Garlic…
USDA Provides One-Time Extension of Deadline to Update Base Acres or Yield History for ARC/PLC Programs
…Covered commodities include barley, canola, large and small chickpeas, corn, crambe, flaxseed, grain sorghum, lentils, mustard seed, oats, peanuts, dry peas, rapeseed, long grain rice, medium grain rice (which includes…
Final results announced for 2014-15 California State Employees Food Drive
…Donation Total (non-rice) – Department of Education with $19,877 in donations! Highest Rice Donation Total – California Environmental Protection Agency with $6,852 in donations for the Rice Program! Congratulations to…
Free Bird-Friendly Farming Workshops
…and farmers: Short-term flooding of fields in summer, No-till, no-chop rice fields, Post-harvest residue management of corn fields, Winter flooding of corn fields with staggered flood-up, Winter flooding of fields…
Water Rights: Farmers Prepare For Possibility of New Curtailments
…informed than we were last year.” Having less water to grow rice has other negative impacts, such as to waterfowl and other migratory birds that depend on flooded rice fields…