Crude oil, fertilizer and diesel prices are up. These increases due to the war in the Middle East are putting pressure on ...

This Texas rice plant is infested with rice delphacids, a pest that decimated crops last year. An invasive insect called the rice delphacid was a major problem for some farmers in 2025. With low ...

The Texas rice harvest is in full swing, and growers hope a good second crop can bring a positive end to a challenging season, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Sam Rustom, Ph.D., ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock An invasive insect spreading across Texas rice country is sounding alarms among researchers, farmers, and ...

For Texas rice farmers determined to hang onto their land, crawfish offer clear benefits. Omnivores and swamp creatures at heart, mudbugs thrive in the low, warm, plant-filled waters of rice paddies.

WINNIE, Texas — The Texas Rice Festival kicks off its 56th year Wednesday evening at Winnie Stowell Park, offering visitors a celebration of the region's rice harvest tradition that dates back to 1969 ...

LISSIE, Texas (AP) - Five generations of Ronald Gertson's family have tilled the claylike soil of southeast Texas to grow rice, confident that no matter how fickle Mother Nature was, there would be ...

In early February, leaders of the Texas Farm Bureau defended President Donald Trump as he moved to enact tariffs on foreign goods coming into the United States, saying they trusted him to “protect the ...

As tired light filtered through the fog on a recent Monday morning, Daniel Valenzuela sloshed shin-deep into a flooded rice paddy in Southeast Texas. He shoved a scoop-shaped sled along the ground in ...