ESSEX, Mo. -- At Missouri Delta Farms, airplanes sow rice seed from the sky and a private attorney helps grow the farm's revenues by reaping as much federal aid as possible.

Koda Farms, whose heirloom rice has been prized by chefs and home cooks alike for almost a century, is shutting down. The closure of the family-owned farm in Merced County, which Keisaburo Koda ...

That saw the amount of land used for rice paddies -- not including for livestock feed -- plunge below 1.4 million hectares (3.5 million acres) in 2024, from a peak of 3.3 million hectares in 1960.

Japanese farm minister Taku Eto resigned on Wednesday after remarks he made about rice triggered a firestorm of criticism from voters and lawmakers, posing a fresh challenge to Prime Minister ...

The government will abolish publication of its annual rice crop index that has been used for decades to assess the yield of Japan’s rice harvests, farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi said June 16.

Global rice prices, ... Rice to get costlier as weather, India's farm perks threaten supply. By Rajendra Jadhav. July 6, 2023 1:10 AM UTC Updated July 6, 2023 Rice grains are ...

Rice feeds the world—but it uses more water and emits more methane than any other crop. Jim Whitaker and his daughter, Jessica Whitaker Allen, are changing that on their Arkansas family farm.

All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki's rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost of the staple in Japan is threatening to ...