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
*DPR Credits: Pending*
***Applied for CCA Credits***
2024 July Rice Quality Workshop Agenda