As the plants mature, cultivators allow the water level in the field to drop. By the time the plants reach full maturity, the ground is entirely dry, and farmers can easily harvest the rice.

Mindful of the hot and dry season, most farmers in Kedah have stopped the practice of rice straw burning to clear their padi ...

A cold, dry part of Chile might not sound like the ... about thirty plants—nearly ten times more than a conventional rice field. Irrigating rather than flooding rice fields "is a historic ...

With the price of rice skyrocketing, sake breweries are being left high and dry, struggling to procure raw ingredients as farmers shift to growing rice varieties unsuitable for brewing.