Horizon Ag firmly believes the future of the Southern rice industry is closely tied to our ability to provide the quality and type of long grain rice in demand by our important customers throughout the Western Hemisphere. That’s why we’re proud to announce the launch of CLHA02, the second high-amylose Clearfield® variety, for planting in the 2022 season.

CLHA02, developed by rice breeders at Mississippi State University, is another step to bring back the quality standard the U.S. rice industry was known to provide for decades yet has waned over the last 10–15 years. It will provide farmers better opportunities for premiums, which is especially important heading into a year where input costs have increased dramatically. We also expect it to generate interest in more Identity Preservation contracts with domestic and global customers, who are specific in their needs and demands for rice.

The new variety is like Horizon Ag’s CL163 in terms of having high-amylose content, but like Cheniere in terms of having “softer cooking” quality. On another positive note, CLHA02 offers outstanding yield potential. It has been among the Top Five entries for yield in multi-year, on-farm evaluations by Mississippi State University. In addition, in multi-state trials in 2021, CLHA02’s average yield performance was within 5% of CLL16.

CLHA02 was tested as CLX54197 in these trials.

CLHA02 continues Horizon Ag’s strong tradition of making varieties available that serve the needs of important end users. We continue to have conversations with our marketing partners and strive to be at the forefront of understanding the needs of those buyers and the opportunities this creates for U.S. rice farmers and the industry.

CLHA02 joins PVL03, the latest and highest-yielding Provisia® Rice System variety, as our two new seed lines that will be commercially launched in 2022.

We’re also getting a lot of interest from farmers regarding CLL16, CLL17 and CLL15, elite Clearfield varieties released in recent seasons that are raising the bar for high yields and milling quality while also providing resistance to blast and other diseases.

To learn how these proven performers will return more to your bottom line, go to
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