Date:  July 18, 2024

Location: Granzella's Banquet Hall, 

457 7th St., Williams, CA

Registration Required! (Please Click Here for Registration)

Free (Lunch & refreshments provided)

Meeting Agenda: 

8:30     Coffee and light breakfast items

9:00     Welcome and Introduction

            (Bruce Linquist, UC Rice Specialist) 

9:05     CA industry perspective of rice quality

            (Rick Rhody, President & CEO of Farmer's Rice Cooperative) 

9:20     Rice quality parameters in rice breeding

            (Dustin Harrell, Director of the Rice Experiment Station) 

9:35     Calrose rice varieties and rice quality

            (Dustin Harrell, Director of the Rice Experiment Station) 

9:50     Effects of climatic stress, variety type, main vs ratoon production, and yield on grain quality

            (Ted Wilson, Professor, Director of Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center) 

10:10   Agronomic impacts on rice milling quality

            (Bruce Linquist, UC Rice Specialist) 

10:30   Break

10:45   Effect of field pests on the quality of rice

            (Luis Espino, UCCE Farm Advisor Butte and Glenn Counties) 

11:05   Rice handling in a warehouse and settlements

            (Carl Hoff, President/CEO of Butte County Rice Growers Association (BUCRA)) 

11:15   Sampling methodologies 

(Timothy Blank, Director of Seed Certification Operations, Executive Director of Foundation Seed Program,  and Advisor of the Certified Seed Program) 

11:25   The USDA grade: CalAgri inspections, how are they done and what do they mean?

            (Vic Anand, President/CEO of the California Agri Inspection Co., Ltd) 

11:40   How to dry rice for good quality

            (Eddie Gaspard, VP, Drier and Seed Division Manager (BUCRA)) 

11:55   What pesticide MRLs Mean to You

            (Roberta Firoved, Pesticide Regulatory Consultant) 

12:15   Factors affecting the spoilage in stored rice and shrink

            (Zhongli Pan, Adjunct Professor Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering,

             UC Davis) 

12:35   Lunch