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Fast facts Low-frequency microwaves studied to inactivate weed seeds USDA-NIFA funds awarded to test microwaves as non-chemical weed control Beneficial microbes able to recover in preliminary …

It’s not just for burritos and popcorn. Microwave technology is also being tested as a new tool to destroy weed seeds and decrease herbicide use.

Rice is showing potential to play a more prominent role in beer brewing, and it helps that Arkansas produces a lot of it.

Sinking Mississippi River levels in recent years have caused grain shipping disruptions, prompting farmers to pursue on-farm grain bins to preserve quality and market potential.

Sinking Mississippi River levels in recent years have caused grain shipping disruptions, prompting farmers to pursue on-farm grain bins to preserve quality and market potential.

Using an industrial microwave can shorten the time needed to dry rice bound for beer-making from days to hours and may lend itself to other food uses of the staple grain, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers found.

Researchers at the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station examined whether the quicker drying time of a microwave would hurt the wort produced from rice that becomes beer after hops and yeast are added. 

Using an industrial microwave can shorten the time needed to dry rice bound for beer making from days to hours and may lend itself to other food uses of the

Jarrod Hardke has a word for the 2022 rice season -- erratic.

Photo courtesy of U of A System Division of Ag. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A former graduate student’s research with x-rays has verified a hypothesis by Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station scientists about why rice kernels often break during milling. Decades of research by scientists in the experiment station’s Rice Processing Program led researchers to hypothesize that uneven moisture content in the kernels during drying causes fissures that crack and break during milling. Research has sh...