UC Rice Blog

General review of the year: Walter's barnyardgrass AKA coast cockspur (Echinochloa walteri) continues to spread across the valley.

Delta rice acreage has been steadily increasing, and yields are comparable with the statewide average. I estimate that acreage approached, if not exceeded, 15,000 acres in 2024. This article is my seasonal update on UCCE Delta rice research and observations.

This year we tested no-till (NT) drill-seeded planting of rice. This was our second year of these trials.

It's hard to quantify the effect this summer's heat has had on rice yields so far.

Based on early projections, 478,000 acres of rice were planted this year. This is down 37,000 acres from last year. Lower acreage is in part due to a large rainfall event on May 4 and 5 which prevented some planting.