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Rice Research and Extension Center
2900 Hwy 130 East
Stuttgart, AR 72160 (near Almyra)
870-673-2661
Fax 870-673-4315
Christopher W. Deren, Director:
cderen@uark.edu
Driving directions:
From I-40, take Exit 193 at Hazen and head south approximately three miles to the intersection with Hwy. 70. Turn left and proceed east approximately 1 mile to the junction with Hwy. 63 heading south. Head south for approximately 23 miles to Stuttgart. On the north side of Stuttgart, turn left at the stop sign at the intersection of Hwy. 63 and Hwy. 165. Head east/southeast until you reach the traffic light. Continue through the traffic light heading south on Park Avenue. At the next traffic light at the junction with Hwy. 130, turn left and head east for approximately nine miles to the intersection of Hwy. 130 and Hwy. 153. The Center is on the right just prior to this intersection.
Field Day
Web videos highlight rice, soybean research in virtual field day
RIce Field Day Videos 
RREC Newsletter
Winter 2010 Newsletter (PDF)
Winter 2009 Newletter (PDF)
Summer 2009 Newsletter (PDF)
Spring 2009 Newsletter (PDF)
Fall 2009 Newsletter (PDF)
Fall 2008 Newsletter (PDF)
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 Construction Site Web Cam
View current progress on construction of the new RREC office lab complex at
http://66.112.34.214/index.asp. When asked for User Name, type: "guest." Leave Password blank.
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 Rendering by architect’s Witsell, Evans and Rasco of Little Rock of 35,000-square-foot complex that will include offices, an auditorium, laboratories and sample processing areas to assure that materials collected from research plots are efficiently and properly handled to maintain the integrity of research data
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* Rice Research and Extension Programs and Faculty
* Center Research and Personnel
* General Project Descriptions
* A Look Back: The Rice Branch Experiment Station in 1927
* Early Rice Experiment Station Photos
* B.R. Wells Rice Research Studies (Scroll down alphabetical list of titles to Wells links under "W.")
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Rice research plots at RREC |
The University of Arkansas Rice Research and Extension Center (RREC) is located nine miles east of Stuttgart on Highway 130, in the heart of the famous Grand Prairie rice-growing region. The first land acquired for the Center was deeded in 1927, when a group of farmers and the UA recognized the need for locally-conducted rice research. Subsequent land acquisitions were added to what is now 950 acres devoted to research in rice and rotation crops such as soybean and wheat.
In combination with the USDA/ARS National Rice Research Center located next door, the RREC is the largest rice research location in the U.S. and is well known worldwide. Students, interns, and research and industry professionals visit frequently, staying from a day to a few years.
Research at the Center is applied and production-oriented. There are projects in plant breeding and genetics, pathology, entomology, agronomy, physiology and economics. Extension faculty disseminate research results and demonstrate research applications. Many projects integrate several disciplines. For example, the rice breeding program includes not only the breeders, but pathology, entomology, and agronomy as well. All projects have very close working relationships with the greater rice industry. Most research is funded by the Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board.
Production of Foundation Seed is another major function of RREC. Each year, the seed produced on several hundred acres of intensively managed rice, soybean and wheat is processed at the Center's seed drying, cleaning and bagging facility. This seed is of the highest quality and is the basis for the success of Arkansas's seed industry.
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