JAKARTA, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Indonesia has ordered the military to help farmers plant rice as severe drought has reduced output of the staple in Southeast Asia's most populous country, lifting prices, ...

The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture will allow Arkansas mills to give away two breeds of commercial grain developed by the Arkansas Rice Breeding Program to be used as rice seed to ...

Louisiana rice farmers have taken advantage of warm weather to plant their 2017 crop exceptionally early. “We had a lot of people that started planting in mid-February,” said Steve Linscombe, director ...

URBANA, Ill. – After more than 9,000 years in cultivation, annual paddy rice is now available as a long-lived perennial. The advancement means farmers can plant just once and reap up to eight harvests ...

Rice fields in Barangay Amansabina, Mangaldan are now ready for planting, but many farmers say the success of this season ...

NEW DELHI, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Rice planting in India could fall by 5% as New Delhi's decision to ban non-basmati white rice exports will cut farm income and encourage growers to switch to other crops, ...

Some farmers in Mangaldan, Pangasinan say they have yet to receive rice seeds from the municipal government as distribution ...

MUMBAI, July 16 (Reuters) - Indian farmers have accelerated the planting of summer-sown crops, such as paddy, soybean, cotton, and corn, following above-average monsoon rainfall in July that came ...

A girl harvests rice in the East Khasi hills of Meghalaya in north east India. India is the world’s second leading paddy producer— responsible for 27% of global rice production and well over 145 ...

Traditionally, stubble burning has been the quickest way for farmers to clear fields between rice harvesting and wheat sowing ...