rice farmer of the year

‘Super Seniors’ graduate from Rice Leadership Development Program As reported on in USA Rice’s The Daily, the 2021-23 Rice Leadership Development Class recently completed the two-year program with their final session held in conjunction with the USA Rice Legislative Fly-In...

 Watch the special video tribute to the 2020 Rice Award recipients https://youtu.be/bQrjmgYOSYQ Listen to the 3 recipients on USA Rice's podcast, "The Rice Stuff"

Since 1992, deserving leaders within the rice industry have been recognized with a Rice Award. This year, Rice Farming will again partner with Horizon Ag and USA Rice to present the Rice Farmer of the Year, the Rice Industry...

Kent Brown, a fourth-generation rice grower from Hathaway north of Jennings, Louisiana, was named the International Rice Festival's 2017 Rice Farmer of the Year. In the late 1800s, Brown’s ancestors, who were Iowa wheat farmers, moved during the historical migration...

Donald A. Leonards, a fourth-generation rice producer near Crowley, La., was named the 2016 Rice Farmer of the Year by the 80th International Rice Festival. He will be recognized during the festival, which will be held Oct. 20-23 in Crowley. Leonards...

Not too long ago, I was talking to a retired University of California Cooperative Extension farm adviser about Farm Bureau farm centers. Back in the days before paved roads and the Internet, these local meeting halls served as an outreach...