Mollie Buckler, a Sikeston native and longtime U.S. Rice Producers Association staff member, has been named president and CEO ...

Declining labor force participation, lower birth rates and a collapse in net migration are combining to squeeze the U.S. labor supply. The looming labor shortage could begin to weigh on businesses and ...

A shrinking labor force and economic pressures are reshaping rural industries, emphasizing the need for technology and stable ...

Moon-Rice project develops super-dwarf, protein-rich rice varieties for space missions and extreme Earth environments.

Imagine standing in the middle of a dry, lifeless desert, gasping for air, when suddenly, you spot an astonishing sight—a ...

In a bold step toward sustainable space travel, scientists are engineering a radically small, protein-rich rice that can grow in space. The Moon-Rice project, led by the Italian Space Agency in ...

Rice is a staple crop around the world, but how did that come to be? And what’s actually the difference between all the rice varieties you find in stores?