The California Rice Commission, in partnership with the Sutter County Agricultural Commissioner’s office, has prepared an online course to administer the mandatory Thiobencarb Stewardship Training.
The Drinking Water Well Monitoring website has updated its list of certified analytical laboratories as of January 12, 2023, which can now be found here. Each drinking waterwell in use on a rice parcel must be sampled for nitrate + nitrite as nitrogen annually, unless you submit three consecutive years with results below 8 milligrams per liter (mg/L) or if your results are greater than 10 mg/L and both the drinking water well users and the Central Valley Water Board are notified.
The California Ricelands Waterbird Foundation is currently soliciting applications for its Spring 2023 Bid4Birds Habitat Program. Applications are submitted through the Foundation website and the enrollment window is open until Monday, January 30, 2023.
The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GOBiz) is targeting early to mid–April 2023 to release applications for the California Small Agricultural Business Drought Relief Grant Program.