New recipe from Chef Billy Ngo

Check out our featured recipe from Chef Billy Ngo, Owner and Executive Chef of Kru Restaurant in Sacramento, California.

Scallop and Mushroom Congee [View Recipe]

New Blog: "Bring on the heat"

"Finally! We have some real Sacramento Valley heat going on, and the forecast looks like it will be a warm stretch ahead. The rice really needs it. It hasn't wanted to tiller at all..."

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New Blog: "Enjoying Father's Day"

"Now that I have all the rice planted I’m able to slow down a little bit. Sunday finally becomes a slow day again, and that will mean some quality family time just in time for Father’s Day.

"On Sundays this time of the year, I usually cook a good breakfast for everyone before I go out to check on the fields.

"I really look forward to riding around on Sundays because my kids Hannah and/or Gus usually ride along with me. (Mary will get her turn soon enough, but she’s only six months old.)I really look forward to riding around on Sundays ..." Read blog

New Blog: "Big hurdle cleared"

"... What a great feeling to finally have all the fieldwork for the 2010 rice crop done. It was a struggle and will hopefully be the worst spring planting I will ever have. I can't imagine how the weather could be more uncooperative...."

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California rice story goes nationwide

Read the AP article - Calif. farmer creating identity for his rice

..."Fifth-generation farmer Michael Bosworth, 28, [is] selling his family's organic rice directly to restaurants and retailers, skipping the middle man, preserving the identity and quality of his grain, and helping consumers connect to the source of their food. He's among the first in the nation to try such an approach." Read more.

New Blog: "Picking up the Pieces"

"With all of the rushing around during such a busy spring crazy things can happen, and it takes some time and energy to get everything on the farm as I like it.

Now that I am fertilizing my last "double crop" rice field I am beginning to think about what comes next. I like to call it picking up the pieces..."

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New rice herbicide brochure available

Stewardship Practices for Protecting Water Quality

"...Good stewardship provides benefits that extend far beyond protecting surrounding crops and local water quality. It helps preserve the well-deserved reputation that the California rice industry has earned through years of following good management practices..."

Download the pdf here.

New Blog Post: "Rolling the Bones"

"All farmers are gamblers- some more than others. The optimum time to plant rice is from about the fifteenth of April to the twentieth of May, with the first of June about as late as most people will plant..." Read blog

CSP Deadline Extended to June 25

Read Article: USDA Issues Final Rule for Conservation Stewardship Program

The Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) is the latest evolution of the former Conservation Security Program, in which about 300 rice farms successfully participated. Learn more here.

New Blog Post: "Jury Duty"

"... I am so glad they didn’t ask me to serve two weeks ago. That would have been terrible. Things are starting to slow down to about 105% instead of 150% like the last month..." Read blog

June 2010 Newsletter now available

The California Rice Commission Newsletter is now available: June 2010 Vol: 12, Num 3

New Blog Post: "Finally Spring!"

"On behalf of the entire California rice industry, I would like to say "Welcome back 80+ degrees, we've missed you. Your return has been eagerly anticipated!"

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