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0:00
Hello
and
welcome
to
Thoughts
on
Rice,
a
podcast
hosted
by
the
University
of
California
Cooperative
Extension
Rice
Advisors.
I'm
one
of
your
hosts,
Sarah
Marsh-Yanish,
and
I'm
a
rice
farm
advisor
for
Colusa
and
Yolo
counties.
SPEAKER_01
0:24
I'm
Whitney
from
the
forest.
I'm
the
Cooperative
Extension
Rice
Advisor
for
Sutter,
Yuba,
Placer,
and
Sacramento
counties.
SPEAKER_03
0:31
My
name
is
Luis
Espino.
I'm
the
Rice
Farming
Systems
Advisor
for
Butte
and
Glynn
counties.
I'm
Michelle
Leinfelder-Miles.
SPEAKER_02
0:41
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.
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0:56
Together,
the
UCCE
Rice
Farm
Advisors
seek
to
provide
relevant,
topical,
research-backed
information
relating
to
California
rice
production.
Today's
mini-episode
concerns
the
2025
Spring
Planting
Report
and
current
California
rice
marketing
prices.
According
to
the
USDA
Weekly
Weather
and
Crop
Bulletin,
updated
April
29,
2025,
the
nationwide
rice
progress
is
well
on
its
way.
By
April
27th,
rice
producers
had
seeded
64%
of
the
2025
rice
acreage.
That's
6
percentage
points
below
last
year's
number,
70%,
but
still
13
percentage
points
ahead
of
the
5-year
average.
Of
that
64%,
Louisiana
and
Texas
lead
the
way
with
the
largest
percentages
of
rice
acreage
planted,
with
92%
and
89%
respectively.
As
far
as
rice
emergence
goes,
by
April
27th,
42%
of
the
nation's
rice
acreage
had
emerged,
4
percentage
points
below
the
2024
season,
but
11
points
ahead
of
the
5-year
average.
For
more
information
or
to
read
the
report
yourself,
there
will
be
a
link
in
the
show
notes.
Let's
narrow
in
on
California
rice.
As
of
April
27,
2025,
20%
of
the
California
rice
acreage
has
been
planted.
This
is
well
above
last
year's
percentage,
which
was
14%
at
this
time,
and
above
the
5-year
average,
which
was
11%
planted
acreage.
To
explain
this,
we
have
to
kind
of
look
at
last
year
and
the
year
before's
weather
reports.
In
2024,
and
to
a
lesser
extent
2023,
spring
rains
delayed
both
ground
prep
and
planting
work,
resulting
in
more
of
a
split
planting.
Those
who
were
able
to
get
in
before
the
rain,
and
those
who
had
to
wait
until
early
to
mid-May
to
get
their
rice
in.
The
USA
Rice
Spring
Planting
Report
was
reported
on
April
25,
2025,
and
included
planting
notes
from
several
California
rice
growers,
all
of
whom
reported
earlier,
expected,
and
actualized
planting
dates,
as
well
as
favorable
conditions
for
groundwork
and
planting.
We'll
include
a
link
to
that
article
in
the
show
notes.
Anecdotally,
this
year
we
have
heard
from
more
growers
who
are
trying
drilled
rice
on
a
larger
scale
in
the
northern
Sacramento
Valley.
One
feature
of
drilled
rice
is
that
it
can
be
planted
earlier
than
water-seeded
rice.
Some
of
the
drill-seeded
rice
growers
in
this
area
planted
the
second
week
of
April,
and
the
University
of
California
Cooperative
Extension
rice
team
planted
our
drilled
rice
research
trials
on
April
21,
2025.
We
are
fortunate
to
be
able
to
partner
with
a
grower
for
our
No-Till
Field
Day,
which
will
be
June
10,
2025,
in
Grimes,
California.
Check
out
our
website
for
more
information.
According
to
the
Weekly
National
Rice
Summary
from
the
USDA
Agricultural
Marketing
Service,
updated
April
29,
2025,
the
state
of
California
medium
grain
milled
rice
is
steady
to
weak
at
$30
to
$33
per
sack.
This
is
equivalent
to
the
2024
price,
but
well
below
the
five-year
average.
average
of
around
$46
per
sack.
Second
heads
and
brewers
are
lower
at
$16
to
$20
per
sack
and
$13
to
$16
per
sack
respectively.
Rice
bran
is
lower
at
$110
per
short
ton
in
bulk
and
rice
hulls
are
steady
at
$5
to
$10
per
short
ton
in
bulk.
I'll
just
mention
a
couple
of
upcoming
events
we
have
coming
this
season.
The
No-Till
Race
Field
Day
will
take
place
June
10,
2025
in
Grimes,
California,
and
will
cover
research
updates
on
no-till
and
reduced-till
drilled
race
projects.
The
next
event
is
the
Rice
Production
Workshop,
July
23rd
through
the
24th,
2025
in
Davis,
California.
That's
a
two-day
introductory
course
in
rice
production
to
cover
the
basics
of
rice
farming.
Another
upcoming
event
will
be
the
Weedy
Rice
Workshop
on
August
10th,
2025
in
the
Delta
San
Joaquin
region.
For
more
information
about
these
and
other
upcoming
events,
feel
free
to
check
out
our
resources,
which
include
the
UC
Rice
blog
and
the
UC
Agronomy
Rice
website.
In
terms
of
other
resources
you
might
want
to
take
advantage
of,
you
can
also
look
at
our
newsletters,
which
include
Rice
Briefs,
which
covers
Calusa
Yolo,
Rice
Notes,
which
which
covers
Butte
and
Glen,
and
Field
Notes,
which
covers
rice
in
the
Delta
region.
Just
another
note
here,
our
websites
are
currently
in
the
middle
of
a
vendor
change,
and
we
know
that
people
have
been
having
trouble
finding
our
resources.
We
are
very
sorry
about
that,
and
if
you
run
into
this
trouble,
let
one
of
us
know,
and
we
can
try
to
get
that
information
to
you
directly.
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