On July 3, CDFA mailed a second round of ballots to all growers and handlers who had not returned the first ballot for the CRC major amendment. Please take just a minute to vote and return your ballot by August 3, 2020.
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Several industry members have asked why 2019 production volume needs to be reported on the Major Amendment Ballot. Others have asked if the information is made public. Here are answers to these two important questions.
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Nominations for Commission board and alternate seats are now open. Any grower who produces rice is eligible to serve in a district. Nomination forms must be postmarked by July 15, 2020. If you need another form, contact Tim Johnson at tjohnson@calrice.org or call 916-387-2264.
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This Thursday, June 4, CDFA will send ballots to all qualified growers and handlers, asking the industry to vote on an increase in the assessment cap from 15 cents per hundredweight to 20 cents per hundredweight. The assessment will continue to be split equally between handlers and growers.
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CDFA will send ballots June 4 to all producers and all handlers, asking the industry to vote on an increase in the assessment cap from $0.15 per hundredweight to $0.20 per hundredweight. The increase in the assessment cap is expected to provide up to nine years of operations for the Commission while continuing the Rice WDR and other regulatory compliance programs. The assessment rate will be set annually based on planted acres, increased costs and reserve levels.
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As a service to our members we are posting the attached letter from Calamco regarding efforts to address the shortfall of anhydrous ammonia during planting.
In case you missed it, the University of California Cooperative Extension has posted several blogs covering rice issues in the last week.
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The following links include select pesticide updates as an effort to provide you with easy access to the information. Please remember the pesticide label is the ultimate level of enforcement and the county permit conditions can supersede the label with more restrictive requirements. You will find permit conditions and supplemental labels for thiobencarb. Permit conditions for some pesticides have been changed to active ingredient rather than trade or product name due to new product registrations. Products such as Butte Herbicide, RebelEx CA and RiceEdge 60DF are combination formulations and permit conditions could apply to one of the active ingredients. The EPA Reg. No. provides additional identification of the individual pesticide products on the Rice Pesticide Update Table.
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A number of counties in the rice growing region have issued shelter in place orders or directives, in an effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19. When these requirements are adopted, Essential Businesses are designated and allowed to continue operations while restrictions are in place. While each order or directive is county specific, farming, food and ag processing and companies supplying these businesses have been designated as Essential Businesses.
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After nearly two years in production, we are excited to announce that today marks the debut of “Sharing Butte Creek,” a short film on this major environmental success story. Emmy Award winning producer, photographer and editor Kit Tyler interviewed rice growers, water officials, conservationists and others as part of this project.
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