California is the ideal growing region for rice, yielding over 8,000 pounds of rice per acre, thanks to its long-standing, dedicated farming families, fertile soil, ideal growing temperatures and pristine water from the Northern California mountains. Our relationships with growers range from Colusa, Glenn, Sacramento, Yuba, Sutter, Butte and Yolo counties.
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Our Quality Standard is built on our commitment to sharing the best product possible with our customers and consumers. Our milling standards far exceed those required by the U.S.D.A.
Sun Valley Rice Quality Standards
- Daily maintenance and sanitation checks
- Commitment to internal education
- Complex milling processes
- Grading and cook tests
Grower Returns
- SVR price per cwt has been competitive seven of the last seven years
- SVR returns were 1% more than the industry average in 2016
- SVR has been within 1% of our competitors on a 7 year average
Foothill Warehouse
We pride ourselves on our fair, ethical and competitive returns for our growers. At Sun Valley Rice we know and trust that our growers are the cornerstone of our business, and we will continue to foster and build those relationships. We offer drying and storage capabilities at our Foothill Warehouse. Foothill Warehouse is solar powered and self-sustaining.
We also utilize our relationships with other warehouses to accommodate every grower’s needs.
Our Field Department is headed by Carissa Lee who can be reached at field@sunvalleyrice.com. Please contact info@sunvalleyrice.com for a grower mill tour.
Renewable Energy
In the spring of 2014, Foothill installed a renewable energy project to help meet the annual 1.6 million KW/hours used to dry and store paddy rice. The new 876.30 KW fixed tilt, ground-mounted solar system is estimated conservatively to produce 1.4 million KW/hours.
California Grown
Sun Valley Rice has the great advantage of being located in California's most fertile region.