Many of us think of rice as a plant that grows in flooded fields, and that’s because the kind of rice we’re most familiar with — the long-grain, wetland variety called lowland rice — can be considered ...

A new study reveals that biochar, a carbon-rich material increasingly promoted for sustainable agriculture, can significantly ...

Researchers from the University of Tokyo in Japan have conducted a six-year field experiment using an agrivoltaics system with lowland rice growing underneath. The on-farm trial was conducted in ...

A newly developed magnetic biochar material could help farmers grow safer rice in soils contaminated with toxic elements, ...

In the winter, rice fields in the Sacramento region are flooded with water. It’s a common method to prepare the field for new growth. With the help of a program led by California Trout, some farmers ...

In the nation’s largest rice-growing state, questions are being asked about what can be done at the international level to make the playing field even in global rice ...

Maintaining high crop productivity in rice fields hosting solar panels remains a major concern for agrivoltaic projects, as demonstrated by a recent research project conducted by the University of ...

generations, the image of rice farming has remained largely unchanged: emerald fields standing in ankle-deep water, seedlings transplanted into flooded paddies, the soil permanently submerged. But ...

This rice is not grown in traditional fields, but is produced in a lab. It is created using extrusion technology to ensure a ...