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| [Image: Hybrid Rice Production Costs and Returns]Hybrid Rice Production Costs and Returns: Comparisons with Conventional & Clearfield Varieties This report presents estimates of expected production cost differences for hybrid rice production in Louisiana compared with production of conventional and Clearfield varieties. Estimates of breakeven rice yield increases required to cover increased production costs as well as impacts of milling yield on rough rice market price are also presented. |
| [Image: South American Rice Leaf Miner]The South American Rice Leaf Miner The South American rice leaf miner, Hydrellia wirthi Korytkowski, is an insect pest of rice in the United States. It affected several rice fields in southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas in 2004. Topics include description and life cycle, injury, scouting and managment. Color photos also included. (PDF Format Only) |
| [Image: Rice/Crawfish Rotation]Economic Impact of Crawfish on Rice in a Rice/Crawfish Rotation This report evaluates the economic impact of crawfish as a rotational crop on the rice enterprise, indentifying specific costs imposed on the rice enterprise unique to crawfish production and presenting relevant economic principles in the assignment of production costs to alternative farm enterprises from a farm accounting perspective. |
| [Image: weed mgmt guide]Louisiana Suggested Chemical Weed Management Guide This 2012 guide includes helpful information on herbicides and weed control with detailed suggestions for aquatics, commercial nursery stock, field crops, forestry, fruit crops, home gardens, lawns and many other Louisiana crops. It includes information on different types of herbicide registrations, as well as information on herbicide labels and restricted uses. Also included are sprayer calibration techniques, suggestions for reducing herbicide drift and a guide to proper spray tip selection. |
| [Image: Perennial Grasses Infesting Louisiana's Rice]Perennial Grasses Infesting Louisiana's Rice This publication includes keys to identification of water paspalum, brook paspalum, knotgrass and perennial barnyardgrass. (PDF Format Only) |
| [Image: 2012 Rice Production Cost Budgets]2012 Projected Louisiana Rice Production Costs This report presents estimates of projected costs for rice production in Louisiana for the 2012 crop year. Cost estimates are included for typical rice production systems, including conventional tillage and stale seedbed, as well as production of conventional, Clearfield and hybrid rice varieties. Production cost estimates are also included for soybeans, wheat and sorghum production in southwest Louisiana. |
| [Image: 2010 Projected Rice Costs of Production]2010 Projected Louisiana Rice Production Costs This report presents estimates of projected production costs for rice production in Louisiana for the 2010 crop year. Cost estimates are included for typical rice production systems, including conventional tillage, stale seedbed, production in rotation and fallow, as well as production of conventional and herbicide-resistant varieties. Production cost estimates are also included for soybeans, wheat and sorghum production in southwest Louisiana. |
| [Image: 2010 Projected Rice Cash Flow Model]2010 Projected Rice Cash Flow Model The 2010 Projected Rice Cash Flow Model is an Excel spreadsheet-based, producer-decision tool that allows rice producers in Louisiana to project rice income and expenses for their operation for the 2010 crop year. |
| [Image: 2012 Projected Rice Cash Flow Model]2012 Projected Rice Cash Flow Model The 2012 Projected Rice Cash Flow Model is an Excel spreadsheet model that allows rice producers in Louisiana to project rice income and expenses for their operation for the 2012 crop year. |
| [Image: 2008 Projected Rice Cash Flow Model]2008 Projected Rice Cash Flow Model The 2008 Projected Rice Cash Flow Model is an Excel spreadsheet model which allows rice producers in Louisiana to project rice income and expenses for their operation for the 2008 crop year. |
| [Image: rice harvest]Louisiana Rice Share Rent Evaluation Model The Louisiana Rice Share Rent Evaluation Model was developed to assist rice producers in the evaluation of producer and landlord returns for share rent arrangements on their rice farming operations. The model is an Excel spreadsheet which allows for the estimation of net returns per planted acre for both grower and landlord / waterlord for alternative rental arrangments. |
| [Image: 2008 Rice Budgets]2008 Projected Louisiana Rice Production Costs This report presents estimates of projected production costs for rice production in Louisiana for the 2008 crop year. Cost estimate are included for typical rice produciton systems, including conventional tillage, stale seedbed, production in rotation and fallow, as well as produciton of conventional and herbicide-resistant varieties. Production cost estimates are also included for soybeans, wheat and sorghum in Southwest Louisiana. |
| [Image: Clearfield vs Clearfield Hybrid Costs and Returns]Production Economics Comparison of Clearfield vs. Clearfield Hybrid Rice Varieties This report presents estimates of expected production cost differences in Clearfield hybrid rice production in Louisiana compared with production of conventional Clearfield varieties. Analysis compares differences between production of varities CLXL729 and CLXL745 to CL151. Estimates of breakeven rice yield increases required to cover increased production costs as well as impacts of milling yield on rough rice market price are also presented. |
| [Image: 2009 Projected Rice Cash Flow Model]2009 Projected Rice Cash Flow Model The 2009 Projected Rice Cash Flow Model is an Excel spreadsheet model which allows rice producers in Louisiana to project rice income and expenses for their operation for the 2009 crop year. |
| [Image: 2009 Rice Production Cost Budgets]2009 Projected Louisiana Rice Production Costs This report presents estimates of projected production costs for rice production in Louisiana for the 2009 crop year. Cost estimates are included for typical rice production systems, including conventional tillage, stale seedbed, production in rotation and fallow, as well as production of conventional and herbicide-resistant varieties. Production cost estimates are also included for soybeans, wheat and sorghum production in southwest Louisiana. |
| [Image: rice varieties]Rice Varieties and Management Tips 2012 recommendations for rice varieties and management tips for them. Decisions about rice varieties are some of the most critical you will make, and those deicisions have to be made early each year. The information in this publication will help you decide which rice varieties are best suited to your particular growing conditions. (PDF Format Only) |
| [Image: rice varieties]Rice Varieties and Management Tips 2012 recommendations for rice varieties and management tips for them. Decisions about rice varieties are some of the most critical you will make, and those deicisions have to be made early each year. The information in this publication will help you decide which rice varieties are best suited to your particular growing conditions. (PDF Format Only) |
| [Image: rice varieties]Rice Varieties and Management Tips 2012 recommendations for rice varieties and management tips for them. Decisions about rice varieties are some of the most critical you will make, and those deicisions have to be made early each year. The information in this publication will help you decide which rice varieties are best suited to your particular growing conditions. (PDF Format Only) |
| [Image: Image of report cover]96th Annual Research Report 2004 rice research program included breeding, biotechnology, variety testing, production and distribution of foundation seed, fertilization, soil and water management, cultural practices, weed control, insect control, disease investigations, rice drying, bird control in rice, and physiology studies. The aquaculture research program places emphasis upon production practices, forages, and multi-cropping of crawfish with agronomic crops |
| [Image: Relaying: An Intercropping Approach to the Coculture of Crawfish and Rice (1997)]Relaying: An Intercropping Approach to the Co-culture of Crawfish and Rice (1997) This study was designed to examine the biological and economic efficacy of relaying crawfish into a growing rice crop in an intercropping manner. (PDF format only) |
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| [Image: Rice Harvest Cost]Estimating Rice Combine Harvest Cost: Performance Rate, Capital Cost, Operating Cost Harvest equipment represents a major crop production expense for most rice farming operations. This report presents information on estimating rice combine harvest cost as well as a users' guide to the related Excel-based rice combine harvest cost producer decision tool. |
| Rice Production Handbook Rice is one of the world’s most important cereal crops. Rice and wheat together make up the majority of the world’s source of calories. They feed the world. Information on general agronomic guidelines, varieties, soils, plant nutrition, fertilization, rice drying, economics and weed, disease and pest management. (Individual chapter pdfs are located at the bottom of the page.) |
| 2011 Projected Louisiana Rice Production Costs This report presents estimates of projected production costs for rice production in Louisiana for the 2011 crop year. Cost estimates are included for typical rice production systems, including conventional tillage, stale seedbed, as well as production of conventional, Clearfield and hybrid varieties. Production cost estimates are also included for soybeans, wheat and sorghum production in southwest Louisiana. |
| 2011 Projected Rice Cash Flow Model The 2011 Projected Rice Cash Flow Model is an Excel spreadsheet model which allows rice producers in Louisiana to project rice income and expenses for their operation for the 2011 crop year. |
| Identifying Herbicide Drift in Rice Herbicide drift symptoms may appear as irregular patterns through a field, uniformly across the entire field or on just one side of a field. Symptoms may be as obvious as dead or dying plants or as subtle as shortened plant internode length. Use this publciation as a photographic guide to assist in identifying a potential herbicide drift event occuring in rice. (PDF format only) |
| Rice Drying This publication provides general information on rice drying as an aid to the producer who desires to store and dry on his farm. |
| A Guide to Poultry Litter Use in Louisiana Rice Production The use of poultry litter on unproductive areas has increased rice productivity levels in many cases above those realized prior to precision leveling. The use of litter in conjunction with inorganic fertilizers also has been reported to improve yields above those found when using inorganic fertilizers alone. Information on the nutrient content, litter sampling, litter sources and general recommendations are included. (PDF format only) |
| Rice Diseases of Louisiana This publication describes the major rice diseases in Louisiana and the southern United States rice-growing region. Detailed color images of bacterial panicle blight, blast, grain smuts, narrow brown leaf spot, shealth blight, sheath rot, stem rot, water mold and stem rot are included. (PDF format only) |
| Schematic Diagram for Seedling Weed Identification in Rice This guide includes helpful information on identifying weeds in Louisiana rice. The publication contains a schematic guide to help with proper identification of weeds based on specific characteristics of each plant. It also contains photos of each weed listed in the schematic as well as examples showing key characteristics. |
| Biomass Energy Resources in Louisiana A description of how biomass is being used for energy in Louisiana with an emphasis on the potential for expansion in the industry. (PDF format only) |
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