{"id":6688,"date":"2023-08-17T10:27:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T10:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/?p=6688"},"modified":"2023-08-17T10:28:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T10:28:34","slug":"hot-temperatures-are-impacting-rice-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/hot-temperatures-are-impacting-rice-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot temperatures are impacting rice farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some farmers and agriculture experts say scorching temperatures and drought are causing a strain on rice production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-88-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-88-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-88-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-88-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-88-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-88.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some farmers in Vermilion Parish are feeling the heat and the pinch from hot temperatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christian Richard, Owner of Richard Farms said it hasn&#8217;t rained in nearly three months and Mother Nature is costing him a pretty penny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve had water wells pumping that haven&#8217;t stopped pumping for two and a half, three months,&#8221; Richard said. &#8220;So, when we drain the fields, we were able to have a good harvest, a dry harvest.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard said the weather right now is nothing like it was last year, so he has to come up with solutions to combat the drought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We were able to battle all of the mud or the elements and it&#8217;s totally opposite of what happened last year during the rice harvest,&#8221; Richard said. &#8220;It rained every, day, but now, we&#8217;re back to flooding the fields again to try and make the second crop [of rice].&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Deliberto, Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics &amp; Agribusiness said rice requires a certain amount of moisture in order to grow abundantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A cool, seed bed with adequate soil moisture will let that seed get in the ground and have successful germination,&#8221; Deliberto said. &#8220;But, having enough residual moisture left in the soil so it can establish a good root for the plant to develop, throughout the growing season [is ideal].&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), heat stress can be harmful to the quality of rice production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NIH reports water supply, crop transpiration and soil moisture all impact humidity levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the drought across the state continues, Richard said consumers may be spending more money on rice over the next few months.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some farmers and agriculture experts say scorching temperatures and drought are causing a strain on rice production. 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