California Rice Commission

By Paul ButtnerAs the Manager of Environmental Affairs for the California Rice Commission (CRC), I was humbled to stand with our President & CEO Tim Johnson to accept the 2013 Partner of the Year Award from the Central Valley Joint Venture (CVJV) o...

By Tim JohnsonEvery five years the leaders of our country have a discussion on farm policy. In large part the debate is healthy, though, sometimes to make a point, arguments get off track. In the upcoming weeks and months you will hear both good argume...

Grower Peter Rystrom discusses progress on the 2013 rice planting, including participation in a special wildlife program. After completing his college education, Peter Rystrom is happily back at work as a fourth-generation farmer in Butte County. Work...

By Jim MorrisDrive through the Sacramento Valley these days and you very likely will see and hear airplanes seeding more than a half million acres of rice. I was able to witness an entirely different seeding method at the Rice Experiment Station in Big...

Curveballs. They're great in baseball but nerve wracking in rice farming!  I had a big one thrown at me the other day.  This spring had been pleasant enough apart from all the north wind.  The ground dried out early and our "leisurely" p...

Chair of the California Air Resources Board Mary Nichols provides comments after touring a Sacramento Valley rice farm.

Rice grower Tom Butler of Robbins says despite some delays due to strong winds, this planting season is well ahead of recent years. More about Tom: Tom Butler farms rice with his father, Steve, in Sutter and Yolo Counties. Tom is the fourth generation...

We are ahead of schedule for this rice season; a welcome change from recent years when spring rains brought delays.   I'm almost complete preparing my rice fields.  The water will be going on soon and airplanes should carry out the seedi...

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Conservation Project Director Monica Igelcia with Audubon California comments on work by rice farmers to improve wildlife habitat on the farm.