Home > Our Offices > Research Stations > Rice Research Station > News > Jazzman competes well in aromatic rice market [Image: Jazzman in bags] If you drive by a field of Jazzman rice, its pleasant, nutty aroma is unmistakable. For farmers, the pleasant fragrance is the smell of money. The LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station developed Jazzman rice varieties to compete with Thai Jasmine. 2012 Rice Research Station Field Day Program [Image: 2012 Field Day Program] Program on the Rice Research Station Field Day to be held Thursday, June 28, 2012. Information includes start time for field tours as well as featured speakers. Rice Industry Holds 3 Key Winter Meetings [Image: Rice Meeting] These meetings remain one of the best avenues for technology transfer because they provide access to many different sources of information, as well as the opportunity for dialogue and information exchange. Rice Research Station helps feed the world [Image: puerto rico nursery] Since 1908, the LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station has been conducting research and developing new rice varieties that benefit the rice industry in Louisiana and help put rice on the table for families around the world. Rice farmers in Arkansas, Texas, Mississippi and Missouri rely heavily on rice varieties developed at the station located in southwest Louisiana near Crowley.