UC Rice Blog

During our Jan 2017 winter meetings, I conducted a short clicker survey about how bad tadpole shrimp (TPS) has become in the past few years. There were a couple of technical difficulties, and attendees to the Richvale meeting didn't get to see the answer to the questions.

The University of California Cooperative Extension annual rice meetings will be held this week. As usual, we will have four locations. However, note the change of venue for the Glenn and Colusa meetings this year.

In the past year, the California rice industry has begun to deal with a new pest: weedy rice, also known as red rice. Weedy rice is a common weed in rice-growing regions of the world, and when infestations are high, it can significantly reduce yields.

WHERE & WHEN Richvale: Thursday, Jan. 26, 8:30 am, Evangelical Church, 5219 Church St., Richvale Glenn: Thursday, Jan. 26, 1:30 pm, Glenn County Office of Education, 311 South Villa Avenue, Willows Colusa: Friday, Jan. 27, 8:30 am, Colusa Casino Resort, 3770 Hwy 45, Colusa Yuba City: Friday, Jan.

Finally, the armyworm season seems to be over. Moth trapping shows that the numbers are decreasing to the lowest levels of the season. Additionally, most fields are ripening and therefore less susceptible to armyworm injury. Overall, armyworm infestations were not as severe as last year.