Photo courtesy Jarrod Hardke, University of Arkansas Extension

An extension rice specialist says the 2021 planting season is just getting started, but it’s the best planting weather Arkansas rice growers have experienced in several years. 

Jarrod Hardke with the University of Arkansas says while planting pace may not be as advanced as farmers might like – they’ve at least gotten a start.  “A very small amount of rice was planted around the 21st, 22nd or March, to at least say that we got started,” he says. 

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