If you live in Ocala, Florida and you want to learn, you can probably
grow rice somewhere near your shallow pond/swamp. Not as cheaply as we
do here in Arkansas right away, but there's always all kinds of costs
starting something new. Contact John Robinson, University of Arkansas
501-673-2661. He's the Director of the Arkansas Rice Research Center
and, if you ask nicely, will provide you
1. with all sorts extension bulletins on rice production
2. contacts nearer your agroecoregion working on rice
3. probably advice that you carefully examine whether rice is really
suited to your conditions (is that ground ever dry?), experience,
equipment (do you plan to seed from the air?), available capital. and the
ten million (give or take) other questions you'll might want to consider
before you jump into yet another project.
Good luck
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>HERE IS A START! I need information on rice. I have non-flowing
>water (i.e.
>not suitable for wild rice) that is only a few inches deep over
>several
>acres. Can I grow rice in perpetually flooded land by transplanting
>in tall
>(traditional) varieties? (Never mind how much the wild waterfowl will
>get--I
>don't mind.) Of course I will try it, anyway, but information would
>be
>helpful. THIS SORT OF INFORMATION CAN MOVE US TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY.
>I'm
>also interested in seed soruces that don't involve permits to import
>to the
>USA.
>
>For Mother Earth, Dan Hemenway, Yankee Permaculture Publications
>(since
>1982), Elfin Permaculture workshops, lectures, Permaculture Design
>Courses,
>consulting and permaculture designs (since 1981), and The Forest
>Ecosystem
>Food Network. Copyright, 1996, Dan & Cynthia Hemenway, P.O. Box 2052,
>Ocala
>FL 34478 USA YankeePerm@aol.com
>
>If its not in our food chain, we're not thinking.
>
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