Over 50% of the food calories eaten daily by the world’s 7.9 billion people come directly from grains. In impoverished nations, that percentage is 60% and, in the poorest, it tops 80%. The three most ...

Vietnam, a major rice exporter, is aiming to transform its farming techniques by reducing its emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas. Rice paddies generate methane due to flooded conditions inhibiting ...

Rice growers and agricultural professionals from across the Sacramento Valley are invited to attend the 2026 Rice Production Workshop, a two-day educational program focused on the principles and ...

To achieve sustainable rice production and food security in the region, farmers in six Asian countries have used nuclear derived climate-smart agricultural practices and significantly increased their ...

The Philippine Rice Research Institute’s Drones4Rice initiative is pushing rice production deeper into digital agriculture, using drones to automate seeding, spraying and fertilizer application — a ...

Sam (left), Jim (center), and Scott (far right) Whitaker talk about the work needing to be done on their family farm. Credit: Phillip Powell / Arkansas Times As groundwater levels in the Arkansas ...

As a more cost-effective tool, XAG agricultural drones become the “new favourite” of Vietnamese farmers to grow rice. The drone can spray pesticides, spread fertilizers, and sow seeds directly by ...

Farmers are transforming Thailand’s rice fields through sustainable practices that are lowering costs, improving yields and ...

All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki's rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost of the staple in Japan is threatening to deal the government a blow at the ...

Rising expenses and pest issues challenge Texas rice farmers as acreage declines from 142,000 to 120,000 acres in 2026.

Kerala's agriculture budget highlights urgent measures to reverse rice production decline, including subsidies and land ...