A rice operation implementing the Fish in the Fields program to help reduce methane emissions. RRI/Chance Cutrano . Fish in the Fields began in 2022 at Isbell Farms in England, Arkansas, as a ...

Adding fish to the rice field significantly reduces methane emissions because they feed on zooplankton, and having that gone allows for more bacteria to remain that can consume the methane.

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A record-setting amount of food for endangered fish was produced this winter on California rice fields, scientists say. The ...

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McGee farmer John Arthur Whitaker recently signed up for the program, and his family's farm has devoted about 500 acres of rice field to it. "This is the first year we've done the CIP program.

Flooded fields become a habitat for waterbirds and fish, while the dry period conserves water and produces fewer greenhouse gas emissions than a continuous flood.

For six years, Ziska and a large team of research colleagues in China and the US grew rice in controlled fields, subjecting it to varying levels of carbon dioxide and temperature.