1.1 - Introducing "Thoughts on Rice"

Welcome to Thoughts on Rice, a podcast hosted by University of California Cooperative Extension Rice Advisors. This podcast is for growers, PCAs, consultants, and other industry professionals in the California rice industry.  We'll primarily be focusing on the Sacramento Valley and Delta Region of California.

We aim to deliver extension information relating to the California rice industry. To this end, we will have episodes that range from interviews with industry experts to audio deliveries of our seasonal newsletters. Follow along to see the current extension efforts in our industry!

Upcoming Events!

• UCCE Hedgerow Demonstration Day on August 14 (CCA units available)
• Annual Rice Field Day on August 28
• Rice Pest Management Course on September 4 *registration required*

Other Resources

UC Rice Blog

UC Agronomy - Rice

Rice Briefs (Colusa/Yolo)

Rice Notes (Yuba-Sutter)

Rice Leaf (Butte/Glenn)

Rice in the Delta

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Transcript

Welcome to Thoughts on Rice, a podcast hosted by the University of California Cooperative Extension Rice Advisors.  My name is Sarah Marsh, and I'm one of your hosts.  I'm a rice farm advisor covering Colusa and Yolo counties.  

I'm Whitney Brim -DeForest. I'm the Cooperative Extension Rice Advisor for Sutter, Yuba, Placer, and Sacramento counties. 

My name is Luis Espino. I'm the rice farming systems advisor for Butte and  Glenn  counties.  

I'm Michelle Leinfelder -Miles. I'm a farm advisor in the Delta region. I work on all sorts of field crops, grains and forages, but one of those is rice. And the counties that I cover are San Joaquin, Sacramento, Yolo, Solano, and Contra Costa counties. 

We seek to provide relevant topical, research backed information relating to California rice production.  This podcast is for growers,  PCAs, consultants, and other industry professionals in the California rice industry. We'll be primarily focusing on the Sacramento Valley and Delta regions of California.

We aim to deliver extension information relating to the California rice industry.  Many of us involved in the ag industry spend a lot of time driving between fields.  We wanted to deliver extension information in a way that takes into account the reality of day to day work and takes advantage of the long hours spent in a truck or cab. 

We plan to have episodes that range from interviews with industry experts to audio deliveries of our seasonal newsletters. 

Now, A bit of background about our organization and some alphabet soup.  The University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources is also known as UCANR.  We are a division within UC A N R called University of California Cooperative Extension, which we often abbreviate to UCCE. 

You may have heard of some of our fellow programs under the UC A N R umbrella, 4 H, and Master Gardeners, to name a few.  Across California, the University of California's 64 Cooperative Extension offices are local problem solving centers.  We are the bridge between local issues and the power of UC research. 

Our county based staff is part of the community. We live and work in the areas we serve to bring practical, unbiased, science based answers to problems across California.  As part of the agricultural community, we help farmers develop more efficient growing methods,  solve pest management problems, and develop crop and irrigation methods that use less water. 

We work in full partnership with federal, state, county, and private resources. For  We are stewards, problem solvers, catalysts, collaborators, and educators.  We are UC Cooperative Extension.  Follow along with this podcast to see the current extension efforts in our rice industry. 

Up next, a couple of our upcoming events.  Next is the UCCE  Hedgerow Demonstration Day on August 14th, which will take place between Arbuckle and Grimes.  Information on that is forthcoming and will be available in the show notes.  

The annual Rice Field Day will be, as always, on the last Wednesday of August, August 28th.  There is no fee for this event and no registration required.  

Our final upcoming event is our Rice Pest Management course, which will take place on September 4th.  There will be a registration link coming soon.  All of these events will be tagged in the show notes.  

Also linked in the show notes will be our other resources.

The UC Rice Blog, the UC Agronomy's Rice page,  Rice Briefs, which is the Colusa Yolo newsletter, Rice Notes, which is the Yuba Sutter newsletter,  Rice Leaf, which is the Butte Glen newsletter, and finally Rice in the Delta, which talks more about the specific types of rice management systems that we face in the California Delta region. 

Thanks for listening to our podcast today.  We hope to be able to bring you relevant, important information as we progress further.  In the show notes, there will be a link to an evaluation poll, which we'd love to have your input on.  We seek to know how this podcast can better serve you, our constituents, and our stakeholders in this industry. 

Thanks for listening and hope to see you again soon. 

Mention of an agrochemical does not constitute a recommendation. Merely the sharing of research findings. Always follow the label. The label is the law. Find out more at ipm. ucanr.  edu. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speaker's own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the University of California. 

The material and information presented here is for general purposes only.  The University of California name and all forms and abbreviations are the property of its owner and its use does not imply endorsement of or opposition to any specific organization, product, or service.