The poor things can’t help it, but cows are really gassy, and that’s really bad for the planet: Microbes in their guts produce methane — a greenhouse gas up to 80 times more powerful than carbon ...

Due to climate change, agriculture is facing an unprecedented transformation. While Germany was hardly affected by massive ...

Using an industrial microwave can shorten the time needed to dry rice bound for beer-making from days to hours and may lend itself to other food uses of the staple grain, Arkansas Agricultural ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Rice — a primary staple food for more than 3.5 billion people worldwide and a $365.6 billion ...

Arkansas leads the U.S. in farm bankruptcies as rice farmers face losses that signal broader financial strain for the state’s agriculture.

Rice prices have been easing during recent weeks, with abundant supplies facing weak demand in many markets. The market was racked by uncertainty amid conflict in the Middle East. “Geopolitics crowd ...

Domestic agricultural processing does more than create demand for farm commodities. It anchors economic activity in rural ...

TOKYO — Japan's agriculture minister resigned Wednesday because of political fallout over recent comments that he "never had to buy rice" because he got it from supporters as gifts. The resignation ...

Rice breeders with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station have developed two new conventional rice varieties that outperform their predecessors in yield potential. Both new rice varieties, a ...

On a hilltop field in Rush County, Kevin Wiltse stabbed his spade into plant residue-encrusted earth and turned over a shovelful of dark soil. He knelt, scooped up a fistful of moist, porous ...

THE Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is taking a significant step toward modernizing rice farming by upgrading its digital farming tools. As part of the Scaling Modern and Adaptive Rice ...