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CRC Board Elections Start Soon

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Elections for the 2021/22 CRC Board of directors start July 30 and extend until August 16. Be sure to look for your ballot and vote!

This year there are open Member and Alternate seats in Districts 1 – Butte, District 2 – Colusa, District 3 – Glenn, Tehama and District 4 – Yuba, Sutter. There are no open seats in District 5. 

As a reminder, each entity is eligible to vote but only in one district where they produce rice. 

If you do not receive a ballot, please contact CRC Office Administrator Marissa Trejo at 916-387-2264 or officemanager@calrice.org.

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Requirement to plant certified or QA seed

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A reminder that all rice in California must be planted using certified seed or seed that has gone through a quality assurance program. This requirement is in place to reduce the spread of weedy rice (red rice) through the planting of contaminated seed, one of the major vectors for the pest. CCIA certifies seed for owned varieties and provides quality assurance programs for off patent varieties. 

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