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A&M AgriLife Research & Extension, Texas Department of Ag meet with Texas Rice Industry Representatives
On May 13, the new Directors of Texas A&M AgriLife, Cliff Lamb, Director of Research and Rick Avery, Director of Extension, along with Dan Hale,...
USDA announces $6 billion in natural disaster payments
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disaster events in 2020...
Biden Administration Appoints Kelly Adkins to Serve as State Executive Director for USDA’s Farm Service Agency in Texas
The Biden Administration recently appointed Kelly Adkins as the new State Executive Director (SED) for the USDA Texas Farm Service Agency (FSA)....
Market Update: USDA Planting Report is Purely Prospective, Far from Actual
Prices remain firm as planting gets underway. The initial USDA Prospective Plantings report just published this week has a much rosier picture...
Washington, D.C. Update: Debt Ceiling
The House and Senate passed legislation to suspend additional cuts to mandatory programs and initiate the process of raising the debt ceiling. The...
USDA Supply/Demand Report Brings No Surprises
This week, the USDA released the December WASDE report which contained only minor revisions for both U.S. long-grain and medium & short-grain....
USRPA Board Meeting Addresses Strategic Growth
The US Rice Producers Association Board of Directors held its winter board meeting earlier this week in San Antonio, Texas, primarily focused on...
49th Annual Missouri Governor’s Conference on Agriculture
USRPA staff member Mollie Buckler attended the 49th Annual Missouri Governor’s Conference on Agriculture at the Lake of the Ozarks last week. Rice...
Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Louisiana Rice Mill
Last week, the South Louisiana Rail Facility in partnership with Agreeta celebrated the groundbreaking of its new milling facility in Laccassine,...