Rice Farming

The company is lowering the price on two of its most widely planted varieties. It says the decision has less to do with those varieties and more to do with the economics growers are facing right now. Growers didn’t cut rice acres this year because they wanted to. They cut because the price didn’t support planting more. Horizon Ag is responding by lowering the price on two of its most widely planted Clearfield® varieties, CLL16 and CLL19, for 2027.

BY KURT D. LAROSE On a warm Louisiana morning, the Broussard farm looks like a patchwork of past and present — laser and Satellite leveled fields stretching toward the horizon, crawfish traps stacked beside tractors guided by satellite, and a family whose roots in rice run deeper than the soil they work.

By Dennis DeLaughter, Senior Market Analyst for US Rice Producers Assn The rice market is increasingly becoming a story of two very different fundamentals. In the United States, sharply lower production has created a relatively tight domestic balance sheet while at the same time, the global market continues to face massive supplies, large government-held inventories and intense export competition.

By John Lovett University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Fast Facts Projects include rice quality, brewing applications, long-term crop management research Arkansas is the nation’s leading rice producer Anheuser-Busch sources nearly all ingredients for its American beers from U.S. farmers (610 words) Download PHOTOS of the researchers and rice FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.

Vidalina Abadam, coordinator Jennifer Bond, Seth Wechsler, Andrew Sowell, and Ethan Sabala, contributors U.S. All-Rice Supply Is Raised for 2026/27 The U.S. all-rice supply for marketing year 2026/27 (August 2026–July 2027) is raised 4.4 million hundredweight (cwt) this month to 266.4 million but remains the lowest in 4 years.

Dr. Sam Rustom TEXAS In Texas, we typically grow two rice crops per growing season. Our first, or main crop, harvest is now complete, with reports of yields and milling being slightly below average due to increased rainfall and cloudy weather during pollination. We are now full steam ahead with our second crop, also called the ratoon crop. In some parts of the Texas rice belt, we have observed several instances of apical dominance in our ratoon rice regrowth in 2026.

JOHN LOVETT FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS Rice bran is a plentiful agricultural byproduct that is often underused, but research out of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station shows it could be a source for biodegradable food packaging with built-in antibacterial properties. Antimicrobial resistance is a significant global health threat, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the United States alone, more than 2.8 million antimicrobial-resistant infections occur each year.

By Mary Hightower University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Fast facts Corn harvest nearing completion Rice harvest more than half complete Diesel continues to rise DOWNLOAD related harvest art, charts (603 words) JONESBORO, Ark. — Arkansas’ soybean harvest is moving at a record pace for this time of year, according to the  Crop Progress report issued this week from the National Agricultural Statistics Service. Arkansas’ rice harvest continues to race along. (UADA image by Trapper Padgett).

Los Baños, Philippines / Texcoco, Mexico (10 September 2026) — The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and CIMMYT are strengthening their collaboration to advance CGIAR’s vision of a more integrated, efficient and data-driven crop breeding system. Through a new collaboration, led by CIMMYT with funding support from the Gates Foundation, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) will provide substantial technical and operational contributions.

R.E. HICKS OCEAN SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI Here we are highlighting the fifth and last article on the top five rice producers in the world. The “Nam”, Please excuse my slang but this was the conflict of my generation. In researching this piece I was struck by the fact of how far along the Marxist/Socialist utopia has managed to prosper on the backs of the capitalists overlords. Another fact I encountered was the concept of poor farmers in the rice trade.