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Clearfield(R) and Provisia(R) Rice Varieties Raise the Bar for 2021

Nov 5, 2020

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE – Two straight years of new variety launches from Horizon Ag featuring the Clearfieldâ Production System for rice and the...

First Chinese Import of U.S. Rice Since Rice Protocol Established by USRPA & GACC

Oct 29, 2020

The first U.S. rice shipment arrived in Xiamen in Fujian Province of China this week thanks to two decades-long joint efforts by USDA FAS, US-China...

USRPA and USDA Working Together on Social Media Campaign in Mexico

Oct 23, 2020

US Rice Producers Association continues its efforts to enhance American long grain rice consumption in Mexico, this time with a program intended to...

Rice Harvest Underway in Heilongjiang Province

Oct 23, 2020

Harvest in Heilongjiang Province is currently underway for medium grain rice. The province is in northeast China and accounts for 6 million...

Port of Lake Charles, Louisiana Loading Rough Rice for Brazil

Oct 23, 2020

Like most of 2020 you can expect the unexpected. The last time a large volume of U.S. rice was exported to Brazil was in 2002/2003 when...

Daniel Filigoi

Oct 23, 2020

This week from Corrientes, Argentina we received the sad news of the passing of Daniel Filigoi, a leader and supporter of the Argentine rice farming...

House Introduces COVID Relief Bill

Oct 1, 2020

This week, House Democrats released another coronavirus relief package estimated at $2.2 trillion commonly referred to as the updated Heroes Act....

Texas Rice Update

Sep 17, 2020

By: Dr. M.O. Way, Prof. of Entomology, Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center I know some of you rice farmers also grow soybeans which can be...