ALL REGISTERED SEED ORDERS MUST BE PRE-ORDERED BY 4/15/2011

Seed Purchases
All growers who purchase seed from CFF will receive a $.50 per cwt. discount if they pay their seed bill in full by July 1, 2011. For growers who do not wish to take advantage of the discount, CFF will waive the accrued interest if the seed bill is paid in full by December 1, 2011, and paddy from the seed has been dried and stored at the CFF Arbuckle or Colusa Dryer.

Interest Waived
CFF will waive the interest for all CFF participation pool growers on all CFF purchased seed if paid in full by December 1, 2011. Any unpaid seed balances shall be deducted from their initial producer advance. All other seed invoices shall be due and payable within net 30 days.

Genetically Engineered Rice (GMO)
For the 2011 crop, the procedures set in place in 2007–2008 to protect the California Rice Industry against GMO contamination will remain the same. The California Rice Industry has come together to work on solutions, procedures and protocols to protect California inventories from the inadvertent contamination of our stocks. The California Rice Commission (CRC) has undertaken an effort to modernize its GMO policy in light of the GMO contamination events in the South. The regulatory Advisory Committee, formed through the passage of the California Rice Certification Act of 2000 (AB 2622), has undertaken steps to protect the industry through tough and thorough agronomic and handling protocols to insure separation of research plots from commercial production regions and the testing of all seed from the Liberty Link GMO with CRC assistance and financial support.

We must maintain a GMO-free California Rice Industry to insure a positive selling point, which we feel will benefit every grower.

As always, if you have any questions please feel free to contact us. We value your patronage and want to maintain strong grower relations as we provide you with a quality product and outstanding service.

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