The 2012 Projected Rice Cash Flow Model is an Excel spreadsheet model that allows rice producers in Louisiana to project rice income and expenses for their operation for the 2012 crop year.

The 2008 Projected Rice Cash Flow Model is an Excel spreadsheet model which allows rice producers in Louisiana to project rice income and expenses for their operation for the 2008 crop year.

The Louisiana Rice Share Rent Evaluation Model was developed to assist rice producers in the evaluation of producer and landlord returns for share rent arrangements on their rice farming operations. The model is an Excel spreadsheet which allows for the estimation of net returns per planted acre for both grower and landlord / waterlord for alternative rental arrangments.

This report presents estimates of projected production costs for rice production in Louisiana for the 2008 crop year. Cost estimate are included for typical rice produciton systems, including conventional tillage, stale seedbed, production in rotation and fallow, as well as produciton of conventional and herbicide-resistant varieties. Production cost estimates are also included for soybeans, wheat and sorghum in Southwest Louisiana.

This report presents estimates of expected production cost differences in Clearfield hybrid rice production in Louisiana compared with production of conventional Clearfield varieties. Analysis compares differences between production of varities CLXL729 and CLXL745 to CL151. Estimates of breakeven rice yield increases required to cover increased production costs as well as impacts of milling yield on rough rice market price are also presented.

The 2009 Projected Rice Cash Flow Model is an Excel spreadsheet model which allows rice producers in Louisiana to project rice income and expenses for their operation for the 2009 crop year.

This report presents estimates of projected production costs for rice production in Louisiana for the 2009 crop year. Cost estimates are included for typical rice production systems, including conventional tillage, stale seedbed, production in rotation and fallow, as well as production of conventional and herbicide-resistant varieties. Production cost estimates are also included for soybeans, wheat and sorghum production in southwest Louisiana.

2012 recommendations for rice varieties and management tips for them. Decisions about rice varieties are some of the most critical you will make, and those deicisions have to be made early each year. The information in this publication will help you decide which rice varieties are best suited to your particular growing conditions. (PDF Format Only)

2004 rice research program included breeding, biotechnology, variety testing, production and distribution of foundation seed, fertilization, soil and water management, cultural practices, weed control, insect control, disease investigations, rice drying, bird control in rice, and physiology studies. The aquaculture research program places emphasis upon production practices, forages, and multi-cropping of crawfish with agronomic crops

This study was designed to examine the biological and economic efficacy of relaying crawfish into a growing rice crop in an intercropping manner. (PDF format only)