Climate change brings other risks. You can no longer count on the monsoon season to start in May, as before. And so in dry years, farmers now rush to sow rice 10 to 30 days earlier than usual ...

“Dry climatic conditions are not suitable to commence sowing. Rice plants at the nurseries are not ready for transplantation as the sowing process is likely to start in another 10-12 days.

Time is the enemy for one of Northern Sacramento Valley’s top crops. With prolonged rainy weather, activity in rice fields hasn’t begun and as each day passes, the likelihood that some fields ...

The drone video shows rice fields near Yuba City, with much of the ground left idle. The rice commission reported valley rice planting down down about 100,000 acres.

Time is the enemy for one of Northern Sacramento Valley’s top crops. With prolonged rainy weather, activity in rice fields hasn’t begun and as each day passes, the likelihood that some fields ...

Climate change has made some soil in Bangladesh more salty, so many farmers have had to leave fields fallow. But what if there were rice varieties that could naturally tolerate the salty conditions?

In the dry process, the seed needs to be planted directly at the end of January and take around 105 to 115 days to be harvested, while the clay method takes 95 days after sowing the seedlings. The ...

Rainfall in March and April has delayed the planting of crops across Arkansas this year. For the week ending this past Sunday, only 62% of anticipated corn acres had been planted in Arkansas ...

“There are no rains yet, and puddled sowing in the dry climatic conditions means a higher requirement of water. Farmers are in wait-and-watch mode before starting rice cultivation,” he said.