Arkansas farmer Nathan Reed says irrigation, insurance limits and global competition are deepening the downturn as Southern producers are now deciding what to plant based on what will lose the least ...

Meryl Kennedy of 4Sisters Rice fears that more American rice farmers will go out of business amid unfair foreign ...

New research is literally testing the waters to see if post-harvest fields offer an untapped profit opportunity for farmers.

Vietnam, a major rice exporter, is aiming to transform its farming techniques by reducing its emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas. Rice paddies generate methane due to flooded conditions inhibiting ...

Mars’ Raising Rice Right platform aims to future-proof rice supply chains, helping farmers adapt to climate change while ...

It’s 6 a.m. at Lundberg Family Farms, and Bryce Lundberg is pulling on his hip waders. Waterproof boots are necessary this time of year, when the rice fields look more like wetlands, and Bryce is here ...

The process of removing rocks and plowing the rice field with your hoe to prepare an environment where rice can easily grow. The better you plow, the better the rice-plant’s roots will spread and grow ...

Circle of Blue’s senior editor reports from the field, literally, as he ends his second week in the rice paddies of rural China. SHENYANG, China — The rice paddies start immediately beyond the borders ...

In addition to food and music, this weekend's Katy Rice Harvest Festival will include something to remind visitors of the farming heritage celebrated by the event — an agricultural display featuring ...

ASAHIKAWA, Japan — Nobuo Kubo inherited his rice farm four decades ago, becoming the third generation in his family to look after the lush fields at the base of Mount Daisetsu. The pristine snowmelt ...