LA Times Article Written by: Don Lee June 11, 2015
For years Charley Mathews Jr. has exported tons of his best Sacramento Valley-grown rice to Japan, but it grates on him that very little of that has ever ended up on the tables of sushi restaurants or Japanese households.
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Yuba-Sutter Ag Life. – April 10, 2015, story and photo by David Bitton
Jon Munger wears a lot of hats in the world of Agriculture. Rice Farmer, president of the Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau and vice president of operations at Montna Farms are some of them.
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California produces a major portion of the rice that’s grown in America. This meets a growing demand for the grain in not only domestic use, but in meeting the needs for rice sold overseas. The Montna family has been growing rice in the Sacramento Valley for generations. The Montna rice fields also provide an important watershed for birds in the region.
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California Rice News, March 2014, Volume 15, Number 3
Congratulations to Jon Munger of Montna Farms, who has been named to the 2014 Rice Leadership Development Program. Read more here:
2013 Ducks Unlimited Annual Report DU Article-Rice for Ducks and People
Ducks and rice have been linked for centuries , and as far as rice farmer Al Montna is concerned, that bond will remain strong.
Ian Schwartz, CBS Sacramento, May 1, 2014
SUTTER COUNTY (CBS13) – For months farmers have only been able to guess how the drought would affect them, but this year’s planting season brings bad news. Not only are the crops hit hard, other businesses are feeling the pain. (more…)
