Rice is one of the most important commodities in the world and now USDA research could improve its nutritional value. Sabrina Hill tells us what scientists are discovering. Click to…
Rice Production Up in U.S., Down Worldwide
There’s a little less world production of rice, but the U.S. rice supplies are projected higher. Susan Carter explains. Click to open or download audio report…
Rice Planting Slow in Some Areas
As we told you last week, it’s rice planting time in California, but around the nation rice plantings are running behind. Susan Carter has more. Click to open or download…
USDA Outlook for Rice
Producing more than 2-million tons of rice every year, California is the nation’s second top rice producing state. Now the latest USDA outlook for rice producers has prospects looking stronger…
Pistachio Research Helps Growers’ Profits
…industry and government… There are only two other similar funded positions between the farm community and the UC Cooperative… the California Rice Research Board and the California Table Grape Commission….
CA Rice Industry Helps Wildlife
California’s rice industry generates more than a billion dollars every year. But the rice crop is benefiting nature in a very big way as well. California’s rice industry not only…
Rice Predictions for 2013
…rice considered, California is the second largest rice-growing state in the US. And for rice growers this year, most of whom are in the Sacramento Valley, the USDA says they…
New Leadership Team for Ag Committee
…General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Jurisdiction: Program and markets related to cotton, cottonseed, wheat, feed grains, soybeans, oilseeds, rice, dry beans, peas, lentils, the Commodity Credit Corporation, risk management,…
Lower Insurance Premiums for Rice, Soybeans
Rice and soybean growers could soon see lower insurance premiums. For the second year in a row, the U-S government has ordered crop insurers to lower premiums for those crops….