A new rice variety has been released in the Riverina today

March 15 2018 - 10:30am
Alison Bowman
Alison Bowman

NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) plant systems group director, Alison Bowman, today launched a new rice variety, Viand, which combines water-saving attributes with the ability to fit high-value markets. Speaking at the rice industry field day at the Yanco Agricultural Institute, Dr Bowman said Viand offers growers up to 10 per cent water-use efficiency gains on existing varieties.

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