A Cape Girardeau rice producer has acquired 12 acres of industrial property along Nash Road with the intent of building a rice processing plant for his crop, as well as the crops of other rice farmers ...

Many of us think of rice as a plant that grows in flooded fields, and that’s because the kind of rice we’re most familiar with — the long-grain, wetland variety called lowland rice — can be considered ...

New research shows rising heat may push rice beyond its limits and affect food supply and livelihoods across Asia.

Louisiana rice farmers have taken advantage of warm weather to plant their 2017 crop exceptionally early. “We had a lot of people that started planting in mid-February,” said Steve Linscombe, director ...

Rice has historically been a heat-loving plant. In fact, the wild ancestor of cultivated rice once grew primarily on the ...