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CRC Grower Meetings to be held Thursday

CRC Grower Meetings to be held Thursday

Our annual grower meetings will be held this Thursday in Colusa and Yuba City.  The meetings are an excellent way for rice growers and handlers to get the latest on key issues impacting the industry.

The first meeting will be held at the Colusa Casino Resort Table 45 Room (in the main casino), with doors open at 8:00 a.m. and the meeting from 8:30 until 11:30 a.m. The afternoon meeting will be at Hillcrest at the Plaza Room, 210 Julie Drive, Yuba City, with doors open at 12:30 p.m. and the meeting from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Information presented with be the same at each venue.

This year’s scheduled presenters include Louie Brown of Kahn, Soares & Conway with a state update, Tyson Redpath of The Russell Group will provide a Washington, D.C. overview, Tess Dunham, Kahn, Soares & Conway will review water quality in agriculture, a water year outlook from David Guy of the Northern California Water Association and Ben Mosely, USA Rice will discuss the next farm bill. 

For information on this and future industry events, please check out our calendar.  

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CRC Grower Meetings – January 15

CRC Grower Meetings – January 15

Join us for the CRC Annual Grower Meetings on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, in Williams and Yuba City. Discover the latest developments on important issues facing our industry, including the Rice Footprint report, the next farm bill, state and federal policy, the water year outlook, and key CRC programs. 

Meeting Details: 

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Morning Meeting – Williams 

Granzella’s — Banquet Hall (one block West of Granzella’s restaurant, parking lot located behind the old bank building)
457 7th St, Williams, CA
8:00 a.m. Doors Open
8:30 – 11:30 a.m. Meeting

Afternoon Meeting – Yuba City

Hillcrest Catering — Plaza Room
210 Julie Drive, Yuba City, CA
12:30 p.m. Doors Open
1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Meeting

*Information presented at both meetings will be the same

Scheduled speakers include:

  • Logan Wilson, Vice Chair, California Rice Commission – Welcome and Introduction 
  • Louie Brown, Kahn, Soares & Conway – 2024 Election impacts – California perspective 
  • Tyson Redpath, The Russell Group – New President, New Senate, New House and the Farm Bill
  • David Guy, President, Northern California Water Association – The Power of the Floodplain; Water Outlook 2025
  • Steve Lerch, CEO, Story Arc Consulting – Impact of Digital Advertising – CA Rice Case Study
  • Tim Johnson, CEO, California Rice Commission – The Rice Footprint and Key CRC Programs 

For more information, contact the CRC’s Communications Manager, Katie Cahill, at kcahill@calrice.org.

California Adopts New Zero-emission Forklift Regulation

California Adopts New Zero-emission Forklift Regulation

For several years, CRC worked in partnership with a few other agricultural groups to intensively focus on California’s Zero-emission Forklift (ZEF) Regulation. In the Summer of 2024, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) formally adopted the regulation after multiple years of work by our coalition resulting in solid regulatory relief for CRC members and all of California agriculture.  

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