UC Rice Blog

The program aims to encourage farmers to establish new habitat for Sandhill Cranes, ultimately helping to strengthen the species' population resilience in the Central Valley. By supplementing existing habitat, the program seeks to offer additional roosting and foraging areas. Roosting sites provide cranes…

The 2025 planting progress for rice in California was a bit unusual compared to other years. I am looking at the USDA figures and while they are not perfect, I think they give a pretty good general indication of planting. Some things to note for the graph shown in Figure 1.Due to a warm dry spring, 2025…

I got a question the other day about the issue of elongated upper internode (EUI). The EUI is a genetic defect where the internode right below the panicle gets unusually long, making the panicle stick up above the canopy. The incidence of this defect varies with year, but it does not have a negative effect…

This article provides information about the upcoming UCCE Weedy Rice Meeting.

I am resending this blog which is similar to one sent out a few weeks ago. I am looking at the current and extended weather forecast, and seeing low nighttime temperatures forecast for the last half of July. This is especially the case for the southern part of the Sacramento Valley. The data I am looking at…