Thoughts on Rice

Send us a textFeedback Poll Together, the UCCE Rice Farm Advisors seek to provide relevant, topical research-backed information relating to CA rice production.Timothy Blank (Director of Seed Certification Operations, the Foundation Seed Program Executive Director, and the Certified Seed Program Advisor for the California Crop Improvement Association) and Sarah Marsh sit down to tal

Send us a textFeedback Poll Together, the UCCE Rice Farm Advisors seek to provide relevant, topical research-backed information relating to CA rice production.Sarah Marsh Janish sits down with Jason Coslovich and Luke Matthews to talk about some of the bird habitat conservation incentive programs that are available for rice farmers who can benefit from incorporating these into wint

Send us a textFeedback Poll Together, the UCCE Rice Farm Advisors seek to provide relevant, topical research-backed information relating to CA rice production.Timothy Blank (Director of Seed Certification Operations, the Foundation Seed Program Executive Director, and the Certified Seed Program Advisor for the California Crop Improvement Association) and Sarah Marsh sit down to tal

Send us a textFeedback Poll To round out the month of September and to start off October, we're going to hold a "Rice Round Table" to talk about some of the farm calls and questions we have gotten this past month, as well as discuss what to expect going forward in the season. Join members of the UCCE Rice Group, Luis Espino, Whitney Brim-Deforest, Bruce Linquist, Michelle Leinfelde

Send us a textFeedback formTogether, the UCCE Farm Advisors seek to provide relevant, topical research-backed information relating to CA rice production.Bruce Linquist and Sarah Marsh mull over the results of the rice yield contest and the future direction of yield research. Yield Contest ResourcesRice Yield Contest VideoPurpose of the Yield ContestLessons from the Rice Yield Conte

Send us a textFeedback Poll Together, the UCCE Farm Advisors seek to provide relevant, topical research-backed information relating to CA rice production.Bruce Linquist and Sarah Marsh will be discussing Bruce's research into no-till rice in California. No Till ResourcesUC Rice Blog post about no-till rice results (2023) UC Rice Blog post about no-till rice results (2024)No-till, d

Send us a textFeedback Poll Together, the UCCE Farm Advisors seek to provide relevant, topical research-backed information relating to CA rice production.Today Luis Espino and Sarah Marsh talk about rice blast in California, weather conditions that favor disease development, and future research plans. Rice Blast ResourcesUC IPM - Rice BlastLeaf Wetness Blast Correlation Charts Othe

Send us a textFeedback Poll To round out the month of August, we're going to hold a "Rice Round Table" to talk about some of the farm calls and questions we have gotten this past month, as well as discuss what to expect going forward in the season. Join Whitney Brim-Deforest, Bruce Linquist, and Sarah Marsh as they recap rice in August 2024.Upcoming Events!Rice Pest Management Cour

Send us a textFeedback Poll Whitney Brim-Deforest and Sarah Marsh sit down to talk about herbicide resistance in California rice. Herbicide resistance is continually quoted as a primary concern among rice producers and researchers. Due to a myriad of reasons, there are very few chemistries available for weed control in CA rice; among these, herbicide resistance has been reported in

Send us a textFeedback Poll Today Whitney Brim-Deforest and Sarah Marsh will be sitting down to talk about weedy rice in California. Weedy rice is the same species as cultivated rice, Oryza sativa, which contributes to the difficulty in controlling it; any herbicide that would kill weedy rice would also hurt the crop. Weedy traits of weedy rice including seed shattering and long do