On behalf of the entire California rice industry, I would like to say "Welcome back 80+ degrees, we've missed you. Your return has been eagerly anticipated!"

This kind of weather is just what our plants need to get growing.

It has been a lot of years before I've seen this cold of a spring. Weather for so much of May was not only too cold for all of us, but our it didn't do the rice fields any favors either.

With these warmer days, me and my neighboring farmers have a chance to see our fields make up for lost time.

That would really help out the amount of rice we will harvest come fall, and that's a good thing for everyone.

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Sean Doherty is a 3rd generation rice farmer living out his dream, being a rice farmer in Dunnigan.

He farms in Yolo, Colusa, and Sutter Counties with his wife Melissa, and three kids, Hannah, Gus, and Mary. He enjoys being in the fields, watching the seasons, and sharing it with his family.

Read more about Sean in Rice Farming magazine.