In Ghana's Weta rice belt in the Volta Region, a quiet revolution is taking root--one that promises to redefine how rice is grown in our water-stressed, warming world. Through a pioneering ...

The Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) introduced Thursday two high-zinc rice ...

WREC Dryland Field Days in Williston, ND, on July 16-17, those in attendance will have the opportunity to hear from the ...

New medium‑grain variety ‘Venus’ debuted with 10% higher yields and strengthened domestic market potential at LSU AgCenter’s ...

Texas producers are facing a mixed bag of rain and drought according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts.

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 be considered ...

Rice and chaff Your rice will be ready to harvest in about 105 days. You’ll know it’s ready when the seed heads appear dry but haven’t yet dropped their seeds.

GEORGE TOWN: Mindful of the hot and dry season, most farmers in Kedah have stopped the practice of rice straw burning to clear their padi fields.

By removing HMGB1, the team turned regular irrigated rice into a drought-fighting powerhouse, growing longer, thicker roots just like upland rice (the tough cousin that thrives in dry fields).

A strain of rice developed in Chile doesn’t need a flooded field to grow, just an irrigated one – a boon to farmers as water scarcity rises Reading Time:3 minutes Why you can trust SCMP Agence ...