Home > Crops & Livestock > Crops > Rice > Louisiana's Suggested Chemical Weed Control Guide [Image: 2008 weed guide cover] This 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. Scouting for the panicle rice mite [Image: Panicle rice mites infesting the inside surface of a rice leaf sheath.] This video will teach you how to scout for the panicle rice mite in a rice field. Field Notes 8/5/08: Harvest Moisture and Second Crop [Image: Rice Harvest ] Text on correct rice harvest moisture, calculating yield to adjust 12 percent harvest moisture, and rice ratoon crop management practices. Field Notes 7/25/08: Rice Flower and Iron Toxicity [Image: rice flower] Photographs and accompanying text on rice flower parts and iron toxicity in rice crops  more articles... Field Notes 7/18/08: Hog Damage and Sprangletop [Image: rice field] Photographs and accompanying text on feral hog damage and sprangletop infestation. Field Notes 7/14/08: Blast, Cercospora, and Field Drainage [Image: Blast] Photographs and accompanying text on rice disease management tips and best timing to drain rice fields for harvest. Field Notes 7/7/08 Rice Panicle, Lippa, and Guttation [Image: first instar stinkbug] Photograph and accompanying text on rice panicle size in relation to fungicide timing, dew and guttation affects on rice disease activity, identification of rice weeds, and rice insect pest management. Field Notes 6/23/08: Shealth Blight, Iron, and Nealley Sprangletop [Image: sheath blight] Photographs and accompanying text on rice plant growth stage, rice disease identification and control measures, weed identification, and iron problematic issues in rice fields Field Notes 6/18/08: Borers, Bugs, and Wind Damage [Image: rice stalk borer] Photographs and accompanying text on firing of rice leaf tips and rice insect pest identification and control. Field Notes 6/9/08: Torpedograss, Black Rice Bugs, Sugarcane Borer and Rice Panicle [Image: rice panicle] Photographs and accompanying text on torpedograss, black rice bug identification, sugarcane borer activity in rice, and panicle development in rice plants. Field Notes 6/2/08: Speical Edition - Rice Diseases [Image: rice disease] Table and accompanying text on rice disease management, scouting procedures, rice variety reaction to major diseases and disease control strategies. Examining Cropland Rental Arrangements for Rice Production in Louisiana [Image: Rice] This report presents results from a 2007 survey of rice production cropland rental arrangments in Louisiana. Results include average cash rent paid on a per land tract, per rice base acre and per rice planted acre basis. Additional information is also included for common share rental arrangements. Field Notes 6/2/08: Fungicide Table and Rice Nutrient Problems [Image: Bug] Photographs and accompanying text on herbicide drift, insect identification, weed identification, nutrient deficiency, water management for rice production and fungicide rates. Field Notes 5/26/08: Memorial Day Edition [Image: aerial application] Photographs and accompanying text on phosphorus deficiency, glyphosate rice injury, chinch bug and rice water weevil activity, and aerial applications. More...