Araza urged the participants, composed of rice farmer groups and associations, irrigators' associations, and key officials from the municipal agricultural office and local government units to take ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — Yet another round of severe weather is delaying Arkansas farmers planting their crops. Historic levels of rain this spring have challenged rice farmers in particular.

Despite a significant increase in Boro rice production in the haor (marshy) region—thanks to favourable weather this year—the price of newly harvested paddy has not dropped, due to the enhanced ...

Pokkali rice farmers in the district have demanded that the district administration take over the rice fields in coastal areas in view of the situation where the fields continued to be flooded by ...

Charlie Reneau has been a rice farmer all his life. “Rice takes a lot of irrigation and drainage, to that effect, I've seen the issues in our area -- the floods where the water needs to go ...

Segun Atho is the National Vice President, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN). In this interview with Charles Okonji, the Lagos-based farmer who went into agriculture due to his inability ...

Once the National Food Authority's (NFA) stocks of 350,000 metric tons (MT) is exhausted, the agency will encounter operational difficulties replenishing it because it has to source its supply from ...

The country's largest group of rice collectors and wholesalers, the Japan Agricultural Co-operatives, are significantly raising their advance payments to farmers, a benchmark for setting the ...

ARKANSAS, USA — Hallie Shoffner, a sixth-generation Arkansas rice farmer and CEO, has announced her candidacy for U.S. Senate against incumbent Tom Cotton in 2026. Shoffner is a graduate from ...

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Gomoa East, Margaret Naana Ackom, has pledged possible compensation for rice farmers affected by a spillage at Gomoa Okyereko in the Central Region.

Our experimental site (Yunnan Province, China) favours the development of rice blast epidemics because of its cool, wet climate. Farmers commonly make multiple foliar fungicide applications to ...

so it’s definitely not your typical dating scene. It can be really hard to calm those nerves and just be yourself on those dates.” Emma, who was one of Farmer Thomas’ girls who was sadly ...