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Monday, June 8, 2015

Upcoming Rice Field Days:  Mark Your Calendar and Plan to Attend the Event in Your Area                

 

Dustin Harrell at the Vermilion Field Day in May
Dustin Harrell at the Vermilion Parish Rice Field Day in May 

June 9 - Evangeline Parish Rice Field Tour

7:45 a.m. Joey Hebert Farm and Bieber Farms

Contact: Keith Fontenot, [email protected] 

 

June 16 -- Acadia Parish and Rice Research Station South Farm Field Day

8:00 a.m. - LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station South Farm, Hwy 13 South, Crowley, LA

Contact:  Barrett A. Courville, [email protected]   

 

June 30 - Louisiana Horizon Ag Field Day

9:00 a.m. - GF&P Farms Shop, 3232 Crowley-Rayne Hwy., Rayne, LA 70578

Contact: Michael Fruge, [email protected]

 

June 30 - 41st Annual Eagle Lake Field Day and Program
4:00 p.m. - Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Eagle Lake, Texas

Contact: Dr. Ted Wilson, [email protected] 

 

July 1 -- LSU AgCenter Rice Field Day
7:30-9:15 a.m. Field Tours; program begins at 10:45 a.m. and concludes with lunch
LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station, 1373 Caffey Rd., Rayne, LA

Contact:  Dr. Steve Linscombe (337) 788-7531 or [email protected] 

 

July 9 -- 68th Annual Beaumont Rice Field Day
8:00 a.m. - Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center
1509 Aggie Drive, Beaumont, Texas 77713
Contact: Dr. Ted Wilson,
[email protected]    

 

July 21 -- Northeast Louisiana Rice Field Day

9:00 a.m. - Research Plot Tours, Woodsland Plantation, 282 Highway 15, Rayville, LA 71269

11:00 a.m. - Program, Rayville Community Center, 817 Louisa St., Rayville, LA 71269

Contact: Keith Collins, [email protected] 

 

July 30 -  MSU-DREC Rice Producer Field Day

3:30 p.m. - Caps Center, Stoneville, MS

Contact: Dr. Bobby Golden, [email protected] 

 

Aug. 7 -- Arkansas AgExpo (Rice Field Day)
University of Arkansas Rice Research and Extension Center
2900 Hwy. 130 East, Stuttgart, AR 72160
Contact:  Dr. Chuck Wilson at (870) 673-2661 or
[email protected] 

 

Aug. 18 - Rice Tec Arkansas field Day

15329 Hwy. 1 , Harrisburg, AR 72432

Contact: Dr. Brian Ottis at (573) 391-0366 or [email protected] 

 

August 20 - Arkansas Horizon Ag Field Day

Mark Wimpy Farm, Jonesboro, AR

Contact: Dr. Tim Walker, [email protected] 

 

Aug. 26 -- California Rice Field Day
California Rice Experiment Station, 955 Butte City Hwy., Biggs, CA 95917
Contact:  Dr. Kent McKenzie (530) 868-5481 or
[email protected] 

 

Sept. 2 -- Missouri Rice Field Day

Jake Fisher Delta Research Center, Portageville, Missouri

Contact: Tina Clark at 573-379-5431or [email protected]  

 

Crop Progress:   2015 Crop 95 Percent Emerged 

WASHINGTON, DC -- Ninety-five percent of the nation's 2015 rice acreage has emerged, according to today's U.S. Department of Agriculture's Crop Progress Report.

Rice Emerged, Selected States 
Week Ending
State
June 7,  2014   
May 31, 2015  
June 7, 2015 
2010-2014 average
Percent
Arkansas
97  
 91
96
96
California
74
 90
95
72 
Louisiana
99 
         97
99 
99 
Mississippi 
90
 87
91
95 
Missouri
96
81 
86
96
Texas
100 
82
83
95
Six States
92
90
95
92 
CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures   
CME Group (Preliminary):  Closing Rough Rice Futures for June 8

Month
Price
Net Change
July 2015
$9.945
+ $0.140
September 2015
$10.210
+ $0.135
November 2015
$10.480
+ $0.140
January 2016
$10.735
+ $0.140
March 2016
$10.930
+ $0.140
May 2016
$10.930
+ $0.140
July 2016
$10.930
+ $0.140

In the News

Around Washington

House Debates COOL as Fast-Track Vote Nears Agri-Pulse

A slew of trade and regulatory issues that are critical to agriculture will see action on both sides of Capitol Hill this week.

 

Around the Country

Farmers Union Publishes Reports on Climate Change Effects on Agriculture Billings Gazette

It's been seven bruising political years since farm organizations dared utter the "c word" when discussing extreme weather and drought, but farmer Alan Merrill says climate change can't go unmentioned any longer.

 

Veterans See More Opportunities in Agriculture Great Falls Tribune

USDA estimates that even though rural America makes up 17 percent of the country's population, it accounts for 44 percent of the men and women who served in the military.

 

Food and Nutrition

As Much as 90 Percent of Americans Could Eat Food Grown Within 100 Miles of their Home Washington Post

Even though the potential for locally sourced food has decreased over time, it hasn't fallen off nearly as quickly as the actual amount of locally sourced food we eat today.


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