ONEIDA – Tony Kuchma, wetlands program coordinator for the Oneida Nation, was exploring the tribe’s newly restored wetlands area one day about 15 years ago when he saw something that made him react as ...
With its panicles -- or grain heads -- heavy with rice, the upright stems of the rice plant are particularly vulnerable to damage from winds and water the nearer they are to harvest. When crops are ...
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - We have all heard about the high prices and low production during crawfish season. Well, now it’s time for rice harvest. When driving in Southwest Louisiana, it’s pretty ...
Jim Dixon, of St. Louis Park, left, watches Matt Hardy, of Big Lake, bag wild rice from the bottom of their canoe Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, at Green's Point on the Mississippi River. The ricers paddled ...
Mark Pero, left, of Solon Springs, uses knocker harvesting sticks to tap manoomin (wild rice) into his canoe as Valerie Ross Zhaawendaagozikwe, of Solon Springs, moves their canoe through the manoomin ...
Fall rainstorms dampened many rice farmers’ expectations of a good crop this past fall by delaying harvest, reducing grain quality and increasing ruts in fields.