Rice country is hurting, badly. Prices have collapsed to levels not seen in four decades, while production costs climb beyond $1,000 an acre. According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, rice ...

Norsworthy reported that in his trials with a 1x-labeled rate application of Command, Viludo lowered bleaching in the rice ...

While much of the recent focus on U.S. farming has been on soybeans because of trade concerns with China, rice farmers have been struggling outside of the spotlight. "Our farmers have told us, if ...

Fred Zaunbrecher has been a rice farmer for 40 years. He says he’s not foreign to Louisiana's warm and moist climate, which is conducive to the growth of bacteria or fungus. "We had dry weather for ...

President Donald Trump revealed Monday just how clueless he is about his own tariff policies, and appeared to improvise new rice tariffs on the fly after speaking with one rice farmer. During a ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - We have all heard about the high prices and low production during crawfish season. Well, now it’s time for rice harvest. When driving in Southwest Louisiana, it’s pretty ...

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Researchers in Acadiana are racing against time to combat a small but potentially devastating pest in the region's rice fields. The presence of delphacids, ...

An invasive insect called the rice delphacid was a major problem for some farmers in 2025. With low prices for their crop and ...