Two new projects are advancing rice breeding strategies to improve productivity of main and ratoon crops, and health benefits of purple rice.

Most farm climate pollution comes from rice and peat soils, and a new map reveals exactly where the biggest hotspots are.

Using an industrial microwave can shorten the time needed to dry rice bound for beer-making from days to hours and may lend itself to other food uses of the staple grain, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers found. Since Arkansas rice is a ...

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