Researchers are pioneering a system in Arkansas to turn winter-idle rice fields there into productive fish farms, potentially offering environmental benefits and a new revenue stream for growers.

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Rice farming emissions have doubled over the past 60 years, but practical changes could cut methane pollution without reducing yields.

Rice planting in Arkansas is winding down and recent rainfall provided a ray of hope for farmers, but persistent drought and ...

In the heart of South Louisiana, two brothers are proving that innovation can sprout from tradition even when it starts in a rice field. Mike and Mark Fruge, founders of Fruge Aquafarms and the JT ...

A study led by researchers at Peking University in China suggests that extreme rainfall will significantly threaten global food production due to climate change and the accompanying extreme weather ...

A group of researchers and rice farmers in the Central Valley are working together to try and help California's struggling salmon population. "There's also snails you see and there's also long guys ...

From terraced paddies in Southeast Asia to irrigated fields in China and India, rice underpins daily meals for billions of ...

A loping breeze tugged and pulled at the straw colored weeds, the only things in motion in Donald Bransford's drought-stricken fields in Colusa County, which this time of year would normally be ...

Arsenic contamination in rice is a growing food safety concern in Asia. A new study presents a cost-effective, sustainable solution using silicon extracted from rice husks. By applying silicon both to ...