California Crop Update

Taylor HillmanGeneral

…due to high temperatures. Ruby Red grapefruit and lemons are in harvest. New orange and mandarin groves being planted now. Rice harvest is under way for early planted fields. Producers…

Ag Theft a Growing Problem

Taylor HillmanGeneral, Grain, Specialty Crops

It will soon be harvest season for the state’s rice crop, and growers in California’s biggest rice growing areas are dealing with a growing problem: Ag theft. Sabrina Hill speaks…

Boosting Nutritional Value of Rice

DanGeneral, Grain

Rice is one of the most important commodities in the world and now USDA research could improve its nutritional value. Sabrina Hill tells us what scientists are discovering. Click to…

Rice Planting Slow in Some Areas

Taylor HillmanGrain, Specialty Crops

As we told you last week, it’s rice planting time in California, but around the nation rice plantings are running behind. Susan Carter has more. Click to open or download…

USDA Outlook for Rice

Taylor HillmanGeneral

Producing more than 2-million tons of rice every year, California is the nation’s second top rice producing state. Now the latest USDA outlook for rice producers has prospects looking stronger…

Pistachio Research Helps Growers’ Profits

Taylor HillmanGeneral

…industry and government… There are only two other similar funded positions between the farm community and the UC Cooperative… the California Rice Research Board and the California Table Grape Commission….

CA Rice Industry Helps Wildlife

Taylor HillmanGeneral, Grain

California’s rice industry generates more than a billion dollars every year. But the rice crop is benefiting nature in a very big way as well. California’s rice industry not only…

Rice Predictions for 2013

Taylor HillmanGeneral, Grain

rice considered, California is the second largest rice-growing state in the US. And for rice growers this year, most of whom are in the Sacramento Valley, the USDA says they…