UC Rice Blog

Save the date! Richvale: Tuesday, Jan 20, 8:30 to 12:00. Evangelical Church, 5219 Church St., Richvale Glenn: Tuesday, Jan 20, 1:00 to 4:30. Glenn Pheasant Hall, 1522 Highway 45, south of Glenn Colusa: Friday, Jan 23, 8:30 to 12:00. CIP Conference Room, 100 Sunrise Blvd.

It is the time of the year when Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) licenses need to be renewed. I usually have enough continuing education hours to renew, but this year I fell short. A few days ago, I took the new "Pesticide Resistance" online course offered by UC IPM.

It has been demonstrated that baling rice straw immediately after harvest (called rice strawlage) greatly increases its nutritional value for livestock. Baling at 30 to 40 percent moisture can have the challenge of mold management.

Last week I got two calls regarding unusual symptoms starting to appear on ripening rice plants. In both cases, the symptoms were described as medium sized round patches turning reddish or orange. Close inspection of plants showed typical symptoms of K deficiency.

The annual Rice Field Day will be Wednesday, August 27, 2014, at the Rice Experiment Station (RES), Biggs, California. You and your associates are cordially invited to join us to observe and discuss research in progress at RES.