Many of us think of rice as a plant that grows in flooded fields, and that’s because the kind of rice we’re most familiar with — the long-grain, wetland variety called lowland rice — can ...

A rice field in Knights Landing, Calif., north of Sacramento, on Aug. 3. (Max Whittaker / For The Times) Nov. 30, 2022 3 AM PT . ... and it was sad to see the dry rice fields.

A farmer walks in a dry rice field in the city of Al-Mashkhab, in Najaf province. Wracked by years of drought, Iraq is now experiencing its worst heat wave in decades.

TRA VINH, Vietnam — In the heat of Tra Vinh’s dry season, rice farmer Thach Ren stands on a recently harvested field holding a smartphone. The once lush and green field now lies barren ...

Dry rice fields in Pangasinan raise concerns. By Russel Simorio. Published November 16, 2023 2:12 PM. Photo via One North Central Luzon. The lack of water supply for irrigation for at least four weeks ...

COLUSA, Calif.—Rick Richter has spent the past 43 years flying biplanes over California’s Sacramento Valley, dropping rice seeds into vast, flooded fields that churn out grain for consumers ...

Rice fields dry up as Italy's drought lingers on. The worst drought Italy has faced in 70 years is thirsting paddy fields in the river Po valley and jeopardizing the harvest of the premium rice ...

The steep reduction is thanks to the efforts of the authorities who began supplying water to preserve over 4,000 hectares of dry-season rice since January, according to the Ministry of Water Resources ...