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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The California Ricelands Waterbird Foundation (Foundation), in collaboration with the Migratory Bird Conservation Partnership, is happy to announce the upcoming enrollment period for the Fall 2020 Bid4Birds habitat program. Bid4Birds is the Foundation’s partner program to The Nature Conservancy’s BirdReturns program.
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Monitoring results were at the performance goal of 1.5 µg/L on May 12 and May 28. The detections were noted at the Colusa Basin Drain 5 and Butte Slough 1 sites. On June 2, the duplicate sample for quality control had an exceedance of 1.8 µg/L while the standard lab result was at 1.2 µg/L. The samples were from the Colusa Basin Drain 1 site outside Knight’s Landing. All sampling results recovered to non-detection levels on June 4.
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The trend of greater armyworm numbers in the Sacramento Valley continues. Here’s the latest from UCCE Rice Farming Systems Advisor Luis Espino:
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The latest trapping data shows rising Armyworm detections in the Sacramento Valley.
Here’s an update from UCCE Rice Farming Systems Advisor Luis Espino:
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Valent has provided the following stewardship message for the rice industry regarding thiobencarb usage.
Here’s a link to an in-depth article regarding Armyworm trapping from University of California Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Michelle Leinfelder-Miles.
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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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We are pleased to now offer a free habitat assessment service to our members. This service is designed for growers that are interested in increasing the wildlife value of their properties. The Habitat Assessment Service is outlined below.
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Monitoring results are nearing the performance goal exceedance from results collected May 12. Memorial Day weekend typically marks the peak usage for thiobencarb, and subsequently the highest monitoring results.
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