Quick Reference Production Guide
‘LaKast’ Rice
Released in 2014.
Characteristic
Grain Type
Seeding Rate
Seed Weight (seeds per pound)
Optimum Seeding Rate
Seeds/ft2
Lbs/acre
Bushels/acre
Agronomics
Average Days to ½” internode
Average Days to 50% heading
Height (inches)
Lodging Rating
Nitrogen Recommendations
Disease Ratings
Blast
Sheath Blight
Stem Rot
Kernel Smut
False Smut
Brown Spot
Straighthead
Panicle Blight
For More Information, contact your
local Cooperative Extension Office.
Prepared by:
Jarrod T. Hardke
Rice Extension Agronomist
Conventional
Long
18,045
30
72.4
1.61
57
83
43
Moderately Susceptible
150 lbs N/acre
105 lbs N/acre PF
45 lbs N/acre MS
Susceptible
Susceptible
Susceptible
Susceptible
Susceptible
Susceptible
Moderately Susceptible
Susceptible