2020 Rice Awards

By Vicky Boyd

Rice Farming Magazine

We’re starting to promote the 2020 Rice Awards. The three awards presented at the Rice Outlook Conference are the Rice Farmer of the Year (for a farmer who also has been an active leader in the rice industry); the Rice Industry Award (for a non-farmer who has shown strong industry leadership); and the Rice Lifetime Achievement Award (for someone who has spent much of his or her life bettering the industry). The awards, sponsored by Rice Farming magazine, Horizon Ag and USA Rice, will be presented at the 2020 USA Rice Outlook Conference, Dec. 9-11, in Austin, Texas.

Here’s a link to the online nomination form as well as one that can be downloaded. 

https://www.ricefarming.com/2020-rice-awards-nomination-form/

Past Louisiana recipients have included Earl Garber, 2018 Rice Industry Award; Christian Richard, 2017 Rice Farmer of the year; Richard Fontenot, 2016 Rice Farmer of the Year; Dr. Steve Linscombe, 2016 Rice Industry Award; Keith Fontenot, 2015 Rice Industry Award; and Jimmy Hoppe, 2015 Rice Lifetime Achievement Award.