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-,cie,41101,,n4v, Resolution No. 14483
Resolution in Recognition of the 100th Anniversary of the
Butte County Rice Growers Association
WHEREAS, the Butte County Rice Growers Association (BUCRA) is a farmer owned cooperative in
the heart of Butte County's 100,000 acres of rice production, providing key services such as drying and storage,
seed, and crop input supplies to help the farmers of Butte County plant and grow their crop, and
WHEREAS, BUCRA advises and assists the rice grower through the employment of certified crop
advisors so that our farmers grow their crops in the most efficient way to produce high quality medium grain
rice, and
WHEREAS, BUCRA was founded 100 years ago in October of 1914 by 30 farmers and has now grown
to over 400 farmers in the Butte County area, drying and storing over 400 million pounds of rice per year,
which supplies both domestic and international sales, and
WHEREAS, BUCRA has been a vital member of the Richvale community over the last 100 years, as
exhibited by the following:
O The Association purchased a fire truck for the town of Richvale in 1927.
® In 1937, BUCRA donated land for a softball field for Richvale games.
* During World War II, air-raid listeners were hired for two eight-hour shifts at the Company's silos.
® The Association handled all the bookkeeping, staffing and organizational efforts for the Richvale
Hunting area, the Richvale Foundation, and the Community Foundation of Richvale, non-profit
organizations dedicated to community affairs.
O In the 1960's, BUCRA spear-headed a referendum with all California rice growers to create the Rice
Research Board and fund future rice varietal development.
6 In 2004, BUCRA built the first solar powered rice storage facility in the world. Subsequent to that, it
has added additional solar arrays, and has been a leader in the expansion of this renewable energy
source throughout the California rice industry.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte recognizes
the Butte County Rice Growers Association for 100 years of operation and service to the farmers of Butte
County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte, State of California, on this 9th
day of December, 2014, by the following vote:
Ayes: Supervisors Connelly, Wahl, Kirk, Lambert and Chair Teeter
Noes: None
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Absent: None _
Not Voting: None Doug Teeter, Chair
Board of Supervisors