News, Recommendations, Analysis
The newest edition of Louisiana Rice Field Notes is now available. This edition covers hail damage, early heading, sheath blight, and fungicide recommendations. It can be accessed on AgCenter website as a PDF (bit.ly/2ZN2AA0) or web version (bit.ly/2AhZGIO).
A new Louisiana Rice Field Notes is now available. This edition covers the Rice Station virtual field day, crop progress, DD50 heat units and expected harvest time, how to id GR and PD, smut control, and chinch bugs.
The first edition of Louisiana Rice Notes is now available. This edition covers planting progress, effects of warmer than average March weather on current crop, young rice farmers helping out, and new AgCenter rice publications which are available online.
A new Louisiana Rice Notes newsletter is now available. This edition covers current conditions, prevented planting, and fungicide availability for 2019.
A new Louisiana Rice Notes newsletter is now available. This edition covers the recent heavy rainfall and pending storms, nitrogen fertilizer questions, conventional rice following Provisia, Louisiana variety and hybrid trends over the last 18 years.
This editions covers the reasons for the poor rice germination and poor stands we are seeing, things to consider prior to fertilizing and flooding, and why fertilizing on dry ground is so important.
This edition covers early rice yields in southwest Louisiana, ratoon stubble management, sheath blight, AV-5055 headed rice bird repellent, LSU AgCenter seeks hybrid rice seed partner, and how to join the text message group. This edition and older editions can be found on the LSU AgCenter’s Rice website here:
