"Planting rice is actually more about relying on the weather," says Lou. "The rain affects the humidity." "Rice with 14.5 to 16 percent moisture content has the best flavor, and that's what we are ...

For healthy rice paddies, bring in the ducks By LIU MINGTAI and ZHOU HUIYING | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2023-06-19 17:30 Share ...

Rice sowing has started in the NSW Riverina. About 20 per cent of farmers in the Murray Valley are expected to plant some of their crop directly into the ground using a disc or tynne seeder. The ...

“In the past, I didn’t care where my ducks would be; But now I want to make sure they all go to my rice paddies,” the 60-year-old says, while leading the ducks to the right track with a ...

Andrus started planting that same year, ... So, in 2015, Andrus returned to Japan to visit more farms and attend a duck-rice farming conference hosted by a top expert in the technique, ...

He's testing a robot 'duck' that roams rice paddies, muddying the water to prevent weeds from getting enough sunlight to grow -- it's really a Roomba (and a cute one at that) for watery fields.

At a farm in central Thailand, an army of 10,000 ducks isn't just out for a stroll — it's on the hunt. Rice farmers in Thailand are enlisting these birds, called "field chasing ducks" to eat ...

In a long-standing tradition, the release of 10,000 ducks rids rice paddies of pests — such as cherry snails, apple snails and weeds — as well as providing a rich source of nutrients for the ...

Linda Cockburn holds a Duborskian rice plant seed head in Southern Tasmania, Australia on April 1, 2023. (Linda Cockburn via AP) But that’s not the end of it.