Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host the 77th annual Beaumont Rice Field Day on July 10.

Crops that use less water and thrive with lower inputs are coming thanks to new technologies led by longtime researcher Yubin Yang, Ph.D.

A project at at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine has developed a new approach for identifying hazardous contaminants in soil samples. Described in PNAS , the technique could make it ...

The new black pearl rice can thrive under regenerative organic practices (a way of farming that focuses on soil health and less environmental impact) and has a higher crop yield than previous ...

Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population. Climate change is loading the beloved grain with arsenic, creating a “scary” health burden.

Traditional rice cultivation that uses levees and gates to manage water, also known as “flooded rice” or “paddy rice,” allows the entire field to be flooded. Rice cultivars tested included ...

The technique, which is known as alternate wetting and drying (AWD), sees farmers flood the fields to about 5-7 centimeters, wait until the water drops to 10 to 15 centimeters below the soil ...

Each summer, nearly 25,000 acres (10,000 hectares) of rice is cultivated in the Florida Everglades Agricultural Area, a roughly 1,100-square-mile (2,800-square-kilometer) area south of Lake ...

The introduction of the Soilsens Soil Testing Rapid Kit aligns with GRDB’s ongoing efforts to support rice farmers in improving crop yields and sustainability.

As per the plan, soil and rice will be collected from all homes from September 11 to October 13. From October 1, this soil will be put into Amrit Kalash and a Kalash Yatra will begin across the ...

Extreme weather and pollution have increased the salt content in some soil, making growing conditions harsh for salt-sensitive crops like rice. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Nano detail a possible ...