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Arkansas Rice: Harvest Winding Down; Preliminary Performance Trial Data Oct 8, 2022
A quarter or less of the rice crop is left to harvest and a change in the weather is forecast for next week (rain and a temperature drop). Variability seems […]
Arkansas Rice: Watch for Diseases in Late Planted Fields Aug 12, 2022
It is said often that rice is forgiving, but diseases are not forgiving to rice. While the weather was hot and dry, rice grew well without significant disease pressure in […]
Arkansas Rice: Be Proactive, Manage Kernel Smut and False Smut Jul 6, 2022
Fungi for kernel smut and false smut can infect both conventional and hybrid rice, if susceptible or moderately susceptible. Best cultural practices are highly recommended over fungicide applications to reduce […]
Arkansas Rice: Scattered, Smothered, and Covered Jul 14, 2021
Scattered rains occurred across the northeast portion of the state this week. Once again, a welcome sight for the region with some receiving several inches of rainfall. The central and […]
Louisiana Rice: Start Scouting Fields for Diseases Jun 9, 2021
With rice fields finally growing and fields at permanent flood, rice farmers need to be on the lookout for diseases. There are many critical areas in rice production and disease […]
Arkansas Rice: Harvest Remains Positive; False Smut Concerns Sep 13, 2019
Yield conversations remain more positive than negative. Always a good sign the deeper we move into harvest. The weather continues to hold and it appears the latest disturbance in the […]
Arkansas Rice: Managing Kernel, False Smut with Fungicides Jul 5, 2019
To guard your rice crop from kernel and false smut, a protective fungicide application should be made from early boot to mid-boot for optimum suppression. Currently, triazole fungicides containing propiconazole (Tilt equivalents) or difenoconazole are the commercially […]
Arkansas Rice: Improved Weather Hopeful for Grain Fill; Isolated Hail Damage Jul 30, 2018
Crop Progress “Pretty good. Not bad. I can’t complain. But actually, everything is just about the same.” We’re holding steady as another week goes by and rice rolls along. Scattered […]
Arkansas Rice: Crop 50% Heading; Conditions Ripe for Disease Development Jul 24, 2018
Crop Progress “It never rains in Southern California.” That song came on just as we were getting some of the first measurable rainfall in weeks. Just wait a while and […]
Arkansas Rice: 8 Q&A on Kernel Smut, False Smut Jul 18, 2018
Hybrid Rice 1. I have my fields planted with hybrid rice this year. They were all planted early in the last week of April. Do I need any fungicide application […]
