Farm Journal
Fall on a rice farm looks different depending on who you ask. For most operations, it means harvest followed by burning. Clear the fields, torch the stubble, move on. We do it differently here. Harvest Comes First September through October,...
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Castor River Farms is proud to share that our regeneratively grown rice is now available on Amazon. This new step brings the same rice grown and milled on our family farm directly to households across the country, with the convenience...
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Fall in the Delta: Why the Mid-South Is Perfect for Growing Rice There's something unmistakable about fall in the Delta. The air sharpens, the sun mellows, and the land shifts into a rhythm that belongs to harvest. For Castor River...
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Most conversations about regenerative agriculture end with promises. Ours starts with proof. At Castor River, we're not farming the way rice has been farmed for centuries. We stopped flooding our fields. We don't till the ground. We've eliminated fungicides and...
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When harvest ends and the combines quiet down, the work doesn’t stop. For us, it’s when the real rebuilding begins. Beneath the golden fields of Missouri, life in the soil is just getting started again, and cover crops are the...
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