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Are crop yields down for rice?
Posted on 3/16/25 at 3:58 pm
Posted on 3/16/25 at 3:58 pm
According to an LSU promo advertisement during the baseball game, global warming has caused crop yields to decline.
Can any rice / crawfish farmers state their experience.
I read that groundwater was an issue, but that’s not due to global warming. Mismanagement, yes.
Global warming….
Can any rice / crawfish farmers state their experience.
I read that groundwater was an issue, but that’s not due to global warming. Mismanagement, yes.
Global warming….
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Posted on 3/16/25 at 4:02 pm to jimmy the leg
It’s 100% BS. LSU had to run those ads as part of their USAID funding.
Posted on 3/16/25 at 4:02 pm to jimmy the leg
Sounds like they need some federal grant money over a 10-year period to figure it out.
Posted on 3/16/25 at 4:03 pm to jimmy the leg
Well you know how it works. Global warming causes both extreme drought, extreme rain, super hot temps, and blizzard colds. So no matter what, it’s cause global warming.
But for real though: one thing I’ve noticed in the last 2-4 years is how low the MS river has been. In the late 2010’s the Ms river was flooding year after year (remember morganza spillway stuff). Wonder if that has anything to do with it
ETA: know for a fact that the 2023 summer was bone dry. Rice farmers in SETX were struggling. Duck season was all about who had water that year.
But for real though: one thing I’ve noticed in the last 2-4 years is how low the MS river has been. In the late 2010’s the Ms river was flooding year after year (remember morganza spillway stuff). Wonder if that has anything to do with it
ETA: know for a fact that the 2023 summer was bone dry. Rice farmers in SETX were struggling. Duck season was all about who had water that year.
This post was edited on 3/16/25 at 4:15 pm
Posted on 3/16/25 at 4:05 pm to jimmy the leg
Idk about rice, but in general crop yields are constantly improving
Posted on 3/16/25 at 4:15 pm to TheWalrus
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Idk about rice, but in general crop yields are constantly improving
The ad specified rice.
I figured since it is a crop that Louisiana is known for, somebody on here may have first hand knowledge.
Posted on 3/16/25 at 4:17 pm to Riverside
quote:Is this true?
LSU had to run those ads as part of their USAID funding.
Posted on 3/16/25 at 4:18 pm to jimmy the leg
Or try this out for size:
Louisiana rice yeild is down because farmers have moved from rice as a main crop to crawfish. More fields have moved to crawfish farming and even the waterfowl migration has suffered.
Tin cap off.
ETA: a little gif to add to the sarcasm.
Louisiana rice yeild is down because farmers have moved from rice as a main crop to crawfish. More fields have moved to crawfish farming and even the waterfowl migration has suffered.
Tin cap off.
ETA: a little gif to add to the sarcasm.
This post was edited on 3/16/25 at 4:24 pm
Posted on 3/16/25 at 4:19 pm to TulaneUVA
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ETA: know for a fact that the 2023 summer was bone dry. Rice farmers in SETX were struggling. Duck season was all about who had water that year.
I get it, but weather is cyclical.
Some years have more rain than others.
I’m just curious as to what actual rice farmers have to say about yields being down.
Posted on 3/16/25 at 4:31 pm to jimmy the leg
A rice farmer over near Gueydan who I talked to three years ago wasn't having a problem with crop yield, but with getting time in the dryers so he could finish up his crop by getting it ready to sell.
Posted on 3/16/25 at 4:43 pm to jimmy the leg
It is BS, rice yields have been steadily increasing just like all other commodities.
If SA ever figures out transportation and logistics, lookout, will be a bloodbath in the US Ag world. Worse than what is coming in the next year or two. Especially if Brazil and Argentina can make the improvements to the corn crop as they have done with beans.
If SA ever figures out transportation and logistics, lookout, will be a bloodbath in the US Ag world. Worse than what is coming in the next year or two. Especially if Brazil and Argentina can make the improvements to the corn crop as they have done with beans.
Posted on 3/16/25 at 6:18 pm to GREENHEAD22
Field yields are up, but milling yields are way down, bad as they’ve ever been on average.
This post was edited on 3/16/25 at 6:19 pm
Posted on 3/16/25 at 8:37 pm to Riverside
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It’s 100% BS. LSU had to run those ads as part of their USAID funding.
100% correct on this. The Ag Center received a huge grant from the USDA for their “Climate Smart Initiative” in rice and other crops (which DOGE cut).
Total woke nonsense - but you know public universities love those federal grants.
Yields aren’t declining if you take out the 2023 drought year.
This post was edited on 3/17/25 at 5:36 am
Posted on 3/17/25 at 11:02 pm to jimmy the leg
Taking politics out of it, it is a fact that high (80 + degrees) night time temperatures during pollination reduce rice yield and quality. Six of the 10 hottest Louisiana summers in recorded history have occurred since 2010. So yes LSU, UArk and TAMU are all researching heat tolerance and heat stress mitigation in rice.
Posted on 3/18/25 at 8:36 am to jimmy the leg
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According to an LSU promo advertisement during the baseball game, global warming has caused crop yields to decline.
Why is this even a thing? People just want to watch some damn baseball, and yet the propaganda must be shown on screen at all times.
Posted on 3/18/25 at 8:53 am to Stealth Matrix
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Why is this even a thing? People just want to watch some damn baseball, and yet the propaganda must be shown on screen at all times.
I can’t believe they started the game with the Black Lives Matter song instead of the national anthem
Posted on 3/18/25 at 8:58 am to el Gaucho
Let's just wait for Beeks to get us that crop report.
Posted on 3/18/25 at 9:02 am to jimmy the leg
Crawfish Prices Staaaacked!
Posted on 3/18/25 at 9:04 am to jimmy the leg
If yields are down around the world, that creates an opportunity for the LSU researchers to create more adaptive strains of rice. It would be foolish to reduce research support for LSU Ag. at this time.
Posted on 3/18/25 at 9:09 am to TulaneUVA
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ETA: know for a fact that the 2023 summer was bone dry. Rice farmers in SETX were struggling.
From my rice growing clients, 2023 was a good year for the rice crop yield. A really good year. However, as the rice sat in storage over the summer heat, it baked to the point that it crumbled and couldn't be sold as rice grains in bag, only as animal feed and ingredient rice powder. That reduced the value of the crop.
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