Many of us think of rice as a plant that grows in flooded fields, and that’s because the kind of rice we’re most familiar with — the long-grain, wetland variety called lowland rice — can be considered ...

Many of us think of rice as a plant that grows in flooded fields, and that’s because the kind of rice we’re most familiar with — the long-grain, wetland variety called lowland rice — can be considered ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced a $12 billion farmer aid package -- with $11 billion earmarked for ...

Rising global temperatures are threatening rice, a staple food that nourishes billions of people around the world. But researchers say they may have discovered a way to improve harvests and grain ...

Scientists tested rice under record heatwaves and found that hotter soils by themselves did not cause dangerous spikes in ...

Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population, but the tiny microbes living on and around rice plants may be just as ...