Saturday, March 03, 2007

Arkansas Plant Board Nixes CL 131

Arkansas Plant Board Nixes CL 131: The only report we’ve found on Friday’s Arkansas Plant Board Meeting was in this morning’s Arkansas Gazette-Democrat. Click here to go to the newspaper’s coverage. Related info:

  • Late last week, several of our readers forwarded a statement regarding CL 131 that was issued by Bobby Hanks with Louisiana Rice Mill, LLC, regarding CL 131. Hanks stated: “I confirm that our position has not changed since we released our letter on January 30th. Given the recent news regarding CL131, we would recommend that growers explore alternatives to CL131. However, if the grower decides to plant CL131 and they have the required documentation we will accept the rice.”

  • Johnny Saichuk, Louisiana Extension Rice Specialist, distributed an advisory regarding XP 730. Click here to download Saichuk’s advisory.

Posted by Owen Taylor at 10:56 PM

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:06 AM

    How does this affect acreage? Folks here in Northeast Arkansas, seemed shook up about not having enough alternative to go around, much less some type of clearfield. Will this drastically cut acres?

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  2. Owen Taylor1:05 PM

    How much it shifts acres out of rice may depend on what soybean prices do over the next couple of weeks. I keep hearing that choices for corn hybrids are few to poor. I don't think it will necessarily be a massive shift, but we could see some of that.
    Owen

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