UC Rice Blog

With the approach of late summer and the possibility for lower nighttime temperatures, this is the time when blanking can occur. Keep in mind how water management helps to mitigate this problem.

Rice Straw - A New Method to Get Through a Drought Veterans Memorial Hall 525 West Sycamore Street Willows, CA Tuesday, July 29, 2014 9am - noon UC Cooperative Extension research has found that baling rice straw right behind the harvester greatly increases cattle's ability to utilize it.

We all know it has been a warm year. In fact, in 2014 the average daily temperature for May and June was 72.2 degrees (CIMIS-Colusa). This is 2.4 degrees warmer than the average of the last 20 years and 3.3 degrees warmer than the average of the last 5 years.

It is still too early to know if this is going to be a year with high incidence and severity of rice blast.

Author: Paul Spraycar, The Nature Conservancy BirdReturns is a new program from the Nature Conservancy (TNC), organized in cooperation with the California Rice Commission BirdReturns compensates growers to provide shorebird habitat manage your straw and maintain at least 2 of water for 2-8 weeks in...