The Texas rice harvest is in full swing, and growers hope a good second crop can bring a positive end to a challenging season, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Sam Rustom, Ph.D., ...

NAGOYA, Japan >> Aichi prefecture is striving to increase rice production amid high rice prices across Japan. But the prefecture faces a formidable threat from pests, whose damage is intensified by ...

The BBC got a sneak peek at the rice plants before harvest. Rice plants look a lot like thick grass. But running up the stalks there are small beads - these are the rice grains. They were still brown ...

A word of caution to rice growers: the herbicide fluridone has become a valuable tool in fighting Palmer pigweed, but it can cause injury to some rice cultivars, depending on when it is used.

More than 200,000 metric tonnes of locally produced rice remain unsold across major producing areas, according to the Rice Producers, Rice Millers, and Maize Farmers Association, which says no ...

Outside Havana, a combine belonging to a private Vietnamese company is harvesting rice, directly farming Cuban land -- in a first -- to help address acute food shortages in the country. The Cuban ...

Third-generation rice farmer Eric Unkel reflects on the challenges of this year’s rice season, including economic changes in ...

As a cornerstone of Indian agriculture and a critical contributor to the national economy and food security across Asia, rice presents both enormous opportunities and pressing challenges. Modern gene ...

In an ordinary field in a quiet part of east England, a unique experiment is taking root. "When I tell people what I'm doing here, they think I'm joking," says Nadine Mitschunas, the UK's first and ...