Rising day and night temperatures are threatening rice, wheat, and maize production by disrupting plant growth, grain filling ...

Practical rice farming methods to boost yield, strengthen crops, and use water and nutrients efficiently for healthier, more productive harvests.

Rice farming, with intricate irrigation systems and tight-knit farming communities, has long been suspected of fostering collectivism. However, proving this theory requires navigating confounding ...

An invasive insect called the rice delphacid was a major problem for some farmers in 2025. With low prices for their crop and ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Millers in Central and parts of South America would rather buy U.S. rice,” said Dwight Roberts, former CEO of the U.S. Rice ...

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

FAO also anticipates world rice utilization to reach a record high of 554.9 million tonnes in 2025/26, up 2.7 per cent ...

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 ...

Japan's Feb 8 general election has put rice policy back in the spotlight after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reversed a push toward expanded production and exports, returning to a demand-based output ...