Blog post from Dennis Lindberg- Just in Time

These rising temperatures are such welcome news in Richvale and throughout rice country. Our second straight cool spring meant much fewer hours of heat than ideal for the crop. The warm conditions are just in time and will really help get our fields where they need to be. The cold may cost me a handful of sacks of production come fall harvest, but with the official start to summer not yet arrived there’s still a chance to make up for some lost time.

So far, most of our fields are about a week and a half behind ideal maturity. Thankfully rice is a very forgiving plant and I would expect this heat will bring a lot of growth in the fields.

It sure brings relief from what had been a pretty frustrating start to the growing season.

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Dennis Lindberg has grown rice in Butte County for nearly 70 consecutive years.He’s a well-known author and metal artist, taking scrap metal and creating beautiful animal sculptures. His civic work and love of community is evidenced by his being honored as “Outstanding Citizen of the 20th Century” by Lundberg Family Farms. He and his wife Charlotte have two children – Gary and Sherry. Gary farms with his father in the historic community of Richvale, which recently celebrated its centennial.