Mustapha says no ‘downturn’ in production THE government is continuing its efforts to secure better prices for rice farmers ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - We have all heard about the high prices and low production during crawfish season. Well, now it’s time for rice harvest. When driving in Southwest Louisiana, it’s pretty ...

Japan’s new prime minister – its 19th since 1990 – will need to address the rice crisis, and growing calls from consumers and farmers, for policy change.

Fred Zaunbrecher has been a rice farmer for 40 years. He says he’s not foreign to Louisiana's warm and moist climate, which is conducive to the growth of bacteria or fungus. "We had dry weather for ...

Rice producers have faced myriad issues this year including low commodity prices, a lack of foreign markets, a surge in ...

The BBC got a sneak peek at the rice plants before harvest. Rice plants look a lot like thick grass. But running up the ...

Meaux says that with the dry weather recently, the next harvest could bring a bigger yield of rice crop. According to the LSU AG Center, 459,000 acres of rice were harvested in Louisiana last year.

The four-day event honors the area's multigenerational rice farming community, which remains central to Winnie's identity.

MURIDKE, Pakistan - Karamat Ali's cows and buffalos once provided his multi-generational family with milk. But earlier this ...