Bringing nine years of experience working with Northern California RCD’s, Adria Arko joins the CRC as its first Grant Manager. Most recently, she served as the Director of Development for the San Mateo RCD and prior to that, Senior Program Manager. She has secured numerous grants with both USDA and the California Department of Food and Agriculture. As many are aware, the work of resource conservation districts is funded through grants.
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The application deadline for conservation practices through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) is fast approaching—the deadline is April 5, 2024. Applications must be submitted through Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) offices.
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A reminder that the deadline to submit your referendum ballot to continue activities of the Commission is March 6, 2024.
If you need a replacement ballot or did not receive a ballot for all of your entities, please contact Ben Kardokus with the CDFA’s Marketing Branch at (916) 900-5018 or (916) 749-5473.
Deadline for submission is March 01, 2024
The Farm Evaluation and Nitrogen Management Plan (FE/NMP) are due to be submitted to the California Rice Commission by March 01, 2024. If you cannot submit by the deadline, the website will continue to be available for a limited time.
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Tim Kelleher has updated the decision tool to assist growers in selecting the best program for them in 2024. The spreadsheet can be found at the CalRiceNews home page under ‘Other Resources’ halfway down the page. Just click the PLC & ARC Payment Calculators button.
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As part of our ongoing programs funded by Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), we are interested in enrolling rice fields that will be idled during the 2024 growing season and have cover crops or significant volunteer vegetation on them. If selected, this program will pay eligible rice farmers $33.78/acre to leave vegetation undisturbed for the waterfowl nesting season (April 1 – July 15) and allow access to monitor nesting activity.
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Required by DPR to complete for thiobencarb use
The website for the online mandatory thiobencarb stewardship training is active and available through the CalRiceNews link here.
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The thiobencarb stewardship training has been updated based on feedback from users who have completed the course. Thank you for your patience as we work though reported technical issues.
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By now you should have received your ballot from CDFA to vote in the 5-Year CRC referendum. This vote is required every five years to continue the activities of the commission. In the event a majority of both growers and handlers vote to discontinue, the commission will wrap up operations the end of this marketing year.
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Required by WDR for submission by March 01, 2024
The website for the online submission of the Farm Evaluation and Nitrogen Management Plan (FE/NMP) is active and available through the CalRiceNews link here: calricenews.wordifysites.com/farm-eval-nitrogen-plan
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