Rice activities are in full swing around the valley, as local growers prepare and plant their fields for the season. “We’re in every phase of rice production now — tractor work, fertilizer, irrigation ...

Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. encouraged rice farmers in areas served by rice processing systems (RPS) to focus on ...

A Cape Girardeau rice producer has acquired 12 acres of industrial property along Nash Road with the intent of building a rice processing plant for his crop, as well as the crops of other rice farmers ...

Louisiana rice farmers have taken advantage of warm weather to plant their 2017 crop exceptionally early. “We had a lot of people that started planting in mid-February,” said Steve Linscombe, director ...