reducing the time farmers and farmworkers spend in fields and allowing inputs to be more precise. But, as is the case in rice production, a farming innovation can sometimes backfire. One of the most ...

With that higher yield, the farm can use fewer resources like water; this is especially important when it comes to growing rice, as fields are flooded to drown out weeds. [Photo: Lundberg Family ...

Conventional rice production uses flooded fields, which encourage the crop to grow by drowning out weeds. But in Senegal, where surface water evaporates quickly and farmers lack the infrastructure ...

"They live in harmony with these rice fields." With 95% of California's wetlands ... the only work underway was a tractor plowing under the weeds which are the only living things that seem to ...

Crystal Crop Protection Limited launches RICEACT herbicide and JIVORA insecticide, offering innovative solutions for rice and ...

Rice fields emit huge amounts of methane into the atmosphere, but alternative means of production could dramatically alter this. Unlike other grains, rice is a semi-aquatic plant grown in flooded ...

One concern that should be on the farmer’s radar with residue grazing is weed management in grazed fields. However, if managed correctly, the spread of weeds can be easily mitigated. When cattle ...

On Dec. 10, USA Rice honored him with its Industry Award for his work combatting weeds in rice. Norsworthy was nominated by Ford Baldwin, a retired Arkansas Extension weed scientist and later ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX)—On Wednesday, Michigan State University (MSU) hosted a field day to educate the public about controlling pesky weeds. Wednesday’s series of events were held by MSU ...