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Rice Production in Arkansas

In 2022, Arkansas rice producers harvested 1,084,000 acres at a state average yield of 164.7 bu/acre (7,410 lb/acre) compared to the record state average yield of 169.6 bu/acre (7,630 lb/acre) in 2021. 

  • Arkansas accounted for 50.1% of total U.S. rice production and 49.8% of the total acres planted in 2022. 
  • Currently, rice is grown in 40 of the state's 75 counties, primarily in the eastern one-half of the state but also in the Arkansas, Ouachita, and Red River Valleys in the west and southwest areas of the state.
  • Rice ranks as one of the top three crop commodities in cash receipts for Arkansas farmers.

Highlighted Rice Information Sheets

2023 Rice Management Guide

2020 Arkansas Furrow-Irrigated Rice Handbook

2023 Arkansas Rice Quick Facts

2020 Managing Water-Seeded Rice in Arkansas

2017 Fungicide Timing for Selected Rice Diseases

Alternate Wetting & Drying Rice Management

2020 Rice Research Verification Program Annual Report

Tips for Multiple Inlet Rice Irrigation 

DD50 Rice Management Program 

RIS 172 Arkansas Rice Performance Trials2011-2013 Arkansas Rice Performance Trials - See more at: http://www.arkansas-crops.com/publications/#sthash.sMlH0WiV.dpuf
RIS 172 Arkansas Rice Performance Trials2011-2013 Arkansas Rice Performance Trials - See more at: http://www.arkansas-crops.com/publications/#sthash.sMlH0WiV.dpuf
RIS 172 Arkansas Rice Performance Trials2011-2013 Arkansas Rice Performance Trials - See more at: http://www.arkansas-crops.com/publications/#sthash.sMlH0WiV.dpuf
2011-2013 Arkansas Rice Performance Trials
2011 Cotton Research Verification Annual Report
2011 Cotton Research Verification Annual Report

Arkansas Variety Testing - Rice - Research & Extension | Division of Agriculture | University of Arkansas System

Row Crop Verification    - Farm & Ranch | Arkansas Extension

RIS 172 Arkansas Rice Performance Trials2011-2013 Arkansas Rice Performance Trials - See more at: http://www.arkansas-crops.com/publications/#sthash.sMlH0WiV.dpuf

Economics & Marketing - Farm & Ranch | Arkansas Extension

Farm Planning ( Budgets, Risk Management, Planning Tools)

Crop Enterprise Budgets for Arkansas Field Crops

Food & Farm Policy

Commodity Markets (Market News, Situation Outlook)

MarketMaker (Farmers' Markets, Locally Grown)

Sustainability

USDA ERS Reports for Crops

USDA ERS Rice Reports

Biosecurity - Farm & Ranch | Arkansas Extension

 

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