Rice Farming TV with Matt Sligar – 5/12/2017

May 12, 2017 04:59 PM

May 12, 2017

NASHVILLE, Tenn (RFD-TV) In this week’s installment of Rice Farming TV, Matt Sligar takes us along for a day in the life of a rice farmer at his family owned farm in northern California. Watch Matts video below and then check out the live coverage from today’s segment on RFD-TV’s “Market Day Report” (Friday’s at 1 p.m. EST).

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Watch last week’s episode with Matt who showed the field conditions where spring rains have pushed back planting by several weeks.

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