Topic: Rice Farming
Gene experts see high-yield rice in flood zones
Reuters Environmental Online Report
<div><p>HONG KONG (Reuters) - Researchers in Japan have identified two genes that make rice plants grow longer stems and survive floods, and hope this will enable farmers to grow high-yielding rice species in flood-prone areas.</p><p>The long-stemmed deepwater rice ...
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US farmers, ranchers push for greater Cuba access
AP News
<div id="subtitle">US agricultural groups renew call for greater access to Cuba to sell rice, meat and vegetables</div><div><p>The farm lobby is using President Barack Obama's easing of some travel restrictions to Cuba as an opportunity to ...
Louisiana rice fields salted by 2008 hurricanes
AP News
<div id="subtitle">2008 hurricanes leave some Louisiana rice paddies too salty to plant; about 35,000 acres lost</div><div><p>A new report estimates that southwestern Louisiana farmers will not be able to plant thousands of acres of rice this ...
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