Holidays Approach as Second Crop is Harvested Rice Farming Update
First of all, there are 41 days before Christmas!!! Time is flying by, please do not procrastinate like yours truly. That makes for a tough Christmas...
Wharton County Summer Rice Harvest Update Rice Farming Update
Combines and pickers are running at full speed once again. The rains of early August slowed or stopped the rice harvest for several days. I have been ...
Automotive Technician or Mechanic: What Do Today’s Vehicles Require?
In a world that is becoming increasingly high-tech, cars are becoming increasingly high-tech as well. Thus, while the words "automotive technician" an...
Summer is Here, Bringing Hurricane Season Rice Farming Update
It is hard to believe that today is the third day of summer. The last few mornings have not felt like summer. Of course, by the afternoon with the hea...
Marketing Update & Crop Outlook Rice Farming Update
REMEMBER the blood drive for Clayton Bruton on Friday, June 16 from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the El Campo Volunteer Fire Department Training Field of...
Iraq Purchases 30,000 metric tons of U.S. Rice Rice Farming Update
The big news this week comes from Iraq. Iraq has purchased 30,000 metric tons of U. S. milled long grain rice. The order was sold by ADM for July 20...
May 2017: Rice Unchanged, Local Rain Needed! Rice Farming Update
The rice market has not changed any since last week. Rice still in the producers’ possession on this side of Houston is in less than 60,000 cwt. Of th...
May 2017: Texas and Arkansas Rice Market Rice Farming Update
Rusty Bergstrom, Rice Marketing Association, reports that the local rice market is non-existent. There are only a handful of lots that have not been s...
On Through Growing Season 2017 Rice Farming Update
Wow March is gone so that means 25 % of the year has blown by.
Planted acres of most crops increased tremendously over the last two to three weeks....
Rice Planting in 2017 – The Numbers Rice Farmers Update: March 13th, 2017
Here it is the middle of March and very wet.
In discussing the 2017 planting intentions with Corrie Bowen, Wharton County Extension Agent, this mo...