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Bruce Schultz of the LSU AgCenter in Crowley shot this photo of flooding between Lafayette and Maurice, La.
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University of Arkansas dedicates foundation seed plant
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Officials with the University of Arkansas and the rice, soybean and wheat promotion boards cut the ribbon to the new foundation seed facility.
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By Vicky Boyd
Editor
Flanked by members of Arkansas' rice, soybean and wheat promotion boards, officials with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture dedicated a new foundation seed processing plant, Aug. 9, outside of Stuttgart.
The state-of-the-art plant, which was built on university property just southeast of the Rice Research and Extension Center, replaces an antiquated one built in 1951.
Ground was broken for the new facility one year ago, and officials plan to use it to process this year's seed crop.
"I hope to be cutting rice in the next two weeks and we'll be bringing seed here," says Dr. Chuck Wilson, director of the Northeast Research and Extension Center in Keiser. Wilson was director of the Rice Research and Extension Center during planning and much of the project's construction.
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Upcoming Events
Sept. 16, 2016 - 26th Annual Rice Tasting Luncheon: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Delta State University Walter Sillers Coliseum, Cleveland, Miss. Tickets are available for $5 each by calling Bolivar County Extension at 662-843-8371.
Sept. 16, 2016 - One-day California Rice Weed Course: will include training on: 1) emerging weed problems, such as red rice and winged primrose willow; 2) planning an herbicide program for susceptible and herbicide-resistant weeds; 3) hands-on early weed identification; and 4) field component on new and standard herbicide programs. Info: Whitney at 530-822-7515. CEUs requested.
Sept. 20, 2016 - Row Rice Symposium: Rayville, La., 5:30 p.m. Hosted by RiceTec -
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Sept. 21, 2016 -
Row Rice Symposium: St. Joseph
, La., 5:30 p.m. Hosted by RiceTec - Event details
Nov. 2-6, 2016 - Yellow Rails and Rice Festival: This five-day event mixes rice combine rides and rice mill tours with guided birding trips, bird banding workshops and social activities. For more information, visit
Yellow Rails and Rice Festival.
Dec. 7-9, 2016 - 2016 USA Rice Outlook Conference: Sheraton Memphis Downtown, Memphis, Tenn. -
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If you have an event you want included in the calendar, please send it to Rice Farming editor Vicky Boyd at [email protected].
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Dubbed the "Cajun Navy" by some, volunteers in personal boats took to flooded Acadiana rice fields in South Louisiana to rescue residents and deliver much-needed supplies to those stranded by recent high water.
Producers in northeast Arkansas didn't escape recent flooding as heavy August rains caused rivers to overflow their banks. With nowhere to go, the water sat on fields. Some growers expect total losses in certain fields.
Contact Rice Farming editor Vicky Boyd if you have a video, photo or story to share.
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