Lincoln Hosts Agriculture and Business Roundtable

11/25/09 03:59 PM

Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) hosted an agriculture and business roundtable yesterday that included Arkansas Rice Federation Chairman Gary Sebree. Read More...

Rice Leaders Address Cuba Trade Issue in Arkansas Farm Broadcast

04/03/09 03:59 PM

USA Rice Federation President and CEO Betsy Ward and Prairie County rice farmer Robert Petter in this month’s The Voice of Arkansas, an Arkansas Farm Bureau news program Read More...

Arkansas Rice Farmers Turn Out in Force to Defeat Assessment Bill

03/10/09 10:22 PM

State rice farmers expressed their appreciation today for the Senate Agriculture Committee’s vote to not advance a bill that would have doubled checkoff assessments for Arkansas rice farmers. Read More...

Most Arkansas Rice Farmers Opposed to Doubling Tax Assessment

03/06/09 02:27 PM

Legislation pending in committee in the Arkansas Senate would not only double the rice assessment from 1.35 cents per bushel to 2.7 cents and eliminate the buyer assessment ... Read More...

Arkansas House Agriculture Committee Reauthorizes Arkansas Rice Certification Act

02/20/09 02:45 PM

The Arkansas Rice Federation applauds today’s action by the Arkansas House Agriculture Committee to approve HB1343 sponsored by Rep. Jerry Brown (D-Wynne) to extend the Arkansas Rice Certification Act. Read More...

Rice Farmers Visit Senate to Blast SB 349 Assessment Increase

02/19/09 05:28 PM

Nearly 100 rice farmers visited Arkansas Senate offices Tuesday, Feb. 17, to protest a proposal to double the rice assessment. The farmers came from all over the state’s rice growing areas to express strong opposition to SB 349, a recent legislative proposal to increase producers’ assessments on rice. Read More...

The Arkansas Rice Federation Opposes Increase to Farmers’ Checkoff Assessment

02/12/09 11:48 AM

The Arkansas Rice Federation voiced strong opposition to SB 349 introduced Wednesday in the Arkansas Senate. The proposed legislation would double producers’ assessment on rice from 1.35 cents to 2.7 cents per bushel while eliminating the buyer assessment. Read More...

Most Congressional Officials Representing Rice Industry Re-elected

11/05/08 12:49 AM

House rice-district lawmakers largely were returned to office yesterday, with the exception of Texas’ 22nd District incumbent, Nick Lampson, a Democrat, who was defeated by Republican R. Peter Olson. Read More...