by - November 17, 2025 5:54 pm
Despite economic uncertainties in the agriculture sector, Riceland Foods reported over $1.15 billion revenues during its last fiscal year. The total was reported recently at the company’s annual membership meeting….
by - September 22, 2025 7:00 pm
One of the major issues confronting farmers this year is a lack of a level playing field in foreign markets. Riceland Foods recently sent a delegation to meet with the…
by - July 1, 2025 2:26 pm
Riceland Foods distributed more than $4 million to its farmers enrolled in the 2024 Riceland Carbon Ready Program. Since it launched in 2022, the program has paid out close to…
by - April 30, 2025 5:01 pm
The farmer members of Riceland Foods have elected three new members to its board of directors. Benjamin Nobles of Poplar Bluff, Mo. will serve as the new director representing District…
by - March 23, 2025 10:00 am
It’s no secret that farmers across the nation face a number of challenges heading into the new planting season. From rising input costs, low commodity prices, inflation, tariffs, severe weather…
by - March 12, 2025 8:32 am
The U.S. Congress has not passed a new Farm Bill since 2018 and even that bill uses commodity price points from 2012. Commodity prices have collapsed during the last year…
by - December 12, 2024 4:13 pm
The Riceland Sustainability Team and its Carbon Ready Program received the 2024 USA Rice Sustainability Award on Tuesday (Dec. 10) at the USA Rice Outlook Conference in Little Rock. Adam…
by - November 18, 2024 12:31 pm
Riceland Foods reported more than $1.3 billion in revenues during its recent annual membership meeting in Stuttgart. The meeting highlighted the Riceland Foods Foundation, the cooperative’s government affairs work, and…
by - July 7, 2024 12:22 pm
Jennifer James wasn’t sure what she wanted to do when she began college. She studied business and specifically agriculture business and that made sense. Her family had farmed for three…
by - May 30, 2024 11:08 pm
Three new members have been selected to serve on the Riceland Foods board of directors. Curtis Fox of Gillett will serve as the new director representing the Stuttgart District. Britt…
by - May 23, 2024 9:01 pm
The Riceland Foods board of directors has elected Rich Hillman as chairman and Shannon Davis as vice chairman. Former Chairman Roger Pohlner stepped down from the board leadership role, but…
by - April 22, 2024 5:39 pm
Several years ago, a trend began to develop. Consumers wanted to know where their food was coming from and how it was produced. A lot of data would have to…
by - December 9, 2023 9:49 am
Riceland Foods announced Friday (Dec. 8) a leadership reorganization under which the board of directors has appointed Kevin McGilton as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. He replaces Jason Brancel as…
by - November 15, 2023 11:22 am
Stuttgart-based Riceland Foods reported $1.3 billion in annual revenue at its yearly member meeting held Nov. 9 in Jonesboro. “To make our cooperative better serve the needs of its farmers,…
by - November 21, 2022 2:52 pm
Riceland Foods reported more than $1.2 billion in revenue to its members, staff and guests in attendance at the cooperative’s annual membership meeting on Nov. 17 at the Grand Prairie…
by - November 16, 2022 5:10 pm
Riceland Foods, Inc. and Nestlé Purina PetCare announced Wednesday (Nov. 16) a new partnership to incentivize Riceland farmer-members to grow rice using sustainability practices starting in 2023. Purina will invest…
by - September 14, 2022 8:14 pm
The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded Riceland Foods $20 million Wednesday (Sept. 14) as part of the first pool of partnerships for a “Climate-Smart Commodities” initiative. Seventy projects were selected…
by - February 23, 2022 7:46 am
Riceland Foods has entered into a new partnership with Arva Intelligence as the Stuttgart-based cooperative shifts its sustainability focus towards capturing agronomic and economic data associated with its farmer members’…
by - December 8, 2021 9:25 am
Riceland Foods announced Wednesday (Dec. 8) it will add 80 new jobs and expand its operations in Stuttgart and Jonesboro with a $13.2 million investment. The majority of the expansion…
by - November 11, 2021 4:35 pm
World War I had ended three years earlier and the public was dealing with the final throes of the Spanish Flu pandemic that killed millions around the world. Agriculture commodity…
