@JHardke

Rice Extension Agronomist, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture. Opinions my own.

 Arkansas Delta
uaex.uada.edu/rice
Joined March 2011
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2025 Rice Management Guide now available for download: uaex.uada.edu/farm-ranch/cro… Printed copies will soon be available at county Extension offices.
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Arkansas Rice Update 9-25-26 arkansascrops.uada.edu/posts… New rice pathologist, bacterial panicle blight, futures, harvest progress, 2027 decisions, & ARC/PLC sign ups.
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Arkansas Rice Update 9-18-26 arkansascrops.uada.edu/posts… Milling & weather, prelim ARPT results, futures, ARC/PLC, & crop insurance.
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Arkansas Rice Update 9-11-26 arkansascrops.uada.edu/posts… Prelim results of ARPT, harvest progress, supply/demand, & markets.
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Arkansas Rice Update 9-4-26 arkansascrops.uada.edu/posts… Preliminary planting date yields, harvest progress, & markets.
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Arkansas Rice Update 8-28-26 arkansascrops.uada.edu/posts… Harvest progress, futures, & diesel.
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Arkansas Rice Update 8-21-26 arkansascrops.uada.edu/posts… Harvest progress, harvest loss behind combine, herbicide-resistant weed screening, & markets.
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Jarrod Hardke retweeted
NWS Memphis
@NWSMemphisAug 16
it's hot.
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Arkansas Rice Update 8-14-26 arkansascrops.uada.edu/posts… Acreage, ratoon rice tips, soybean desiccant drift on rice, and markets.
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Rice performance trials at Pine Tree are going to give use some data on how cultivars handle triple digit heat during flowering.
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Jarrod Hardke retweeted
NWS Little Rock
@NWSLittleRockAug 13
WILDFIRE DANGER/BURN BANS—The burn ban county count across the state has increased to 36. Nearly half of the counties in Arkansas are in an active burn ban. Expect counties to be added daily as the forecast calls for hot and dry conditions to persist! #arwx #firewx
Wildfire Danger and Burn Ban Update as of Wednesday Evening.

ALT Wildfire Danger and Burn Ban Update as of Wednesday Evening.

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Parts of Arkansas now forecast to have 10+ consecutive days of 100 degrees or more. That’s going to be a problem for rice drying down for harvest.
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Arkansas Rice Update 8-7-26 arkansascrops.uada.edu/posts… Harvest, use of harvest aids, rice stink bug and rice delphacid, & markets.
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Arkansas Rice Update 7-31-26 arkansascrops.uada.edu/posts… Harvest, drain timing, harvest aids for weed control, & markets.
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July harvested rice in Arkansas! Doesn’t happen very often, but seems about right for the oddity that is 2026.
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Arkansas Rice Update 7-17-26 arkansascrops.uada.edu/posts… Field days, stink bugs, disease, elongated leaves, & markets.
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Arkansas Rice Update 7-10-26 arkansascrops.uada.edu/posts… Progress, rice stink bug mgmt, rice delphacid, new herbicides, supply/demand, & markets.
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Arkansas Rice Update 7-2-26 arkansascrops.uada.edu/posts… Progress, heading, disease, growth staging, markets, & Acreage report.
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Not since disco was king has the nation's top grower seen so few rice acres. @AR_commoditymkt @jhardke offer some insights (about rice, not disco): bit.ly/Acreage-report-26 @AR_Extension @uarkaeab
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Today's @USDA Acreage Report revealed a few things about Arkansas' crop landscape. Check out the analysis from @AR_commoditymkt @Jhardke @Arksoydoc @@AR_Feedgrains: bit.ly/Acreage-report-26
Chart showing acreage from report

ALT Chart showing acreage from report

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Jarrod Hardke retweeted
Scott Stiles@AR_commoditymktJun 28
Time’s Up ricefarming.com/current-issu… via @Rice Farming

Time’s Up - Rice Farming

By Peter Bachmann The recent announcement from Riceland Foods that they were temporarily shuttering nine of 23 rice dryers was shocking. The fact that Producers’ Rice Mill has indicated they may...

ricefarming.com
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