The Unlikely Success of Farming Rice in Maryland

The Unlikely Success of Farming Rice in Maryland | MDF&H

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It’s late summer and the rice is high and ready for harvest. No, this isn’t a rice paddy in Asia or Mississippi it’s smack dab in Prince George's County. Nazirahk Amen of Purple Mountain Grown has been growing rice in the DMV for almost a decade and today he is harvesting one of the seven varieties that he grows and sells.
00:00 Intro
00:40 Unusual Technique
01:35 Special Farm Equipment
03:03 Traditional Methods
04:15 Dry Field Prep
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@donatodias-gy1bu Ай бұрын

Didn't know flooding was more for pest control than anything else, great video!

@Curious_BeingNX 13 күн бұрын

flooding is for weed, grass control, not pest.

@ChiefBerry 11 күн бұрын

Annnd, water is free! Check out where rice is grown, and you'll see that they get a lot of rain. (Let's not look at Arkansan.)

@minhducnguyen9276 6 күн бұрын

Flooding is also for temperature regulation although it's not the main purpose.

@AFMR0420 5 күн бұрын

Don’t believe the PBS propaganda. Grain size is the thing affected most by the availability of inundation irrigation. Long grain rice that has big grains is the best, no matter the variety. Rice is a water intensive crop and we need to stop trying to grow water intensive crops in climates that don’t suite.

@Zbruh69 Күн бұрын

Weeds and grass are pests....... Especially in my damn garden@@Curious_BeingNX

@iancoachwerksllc 7 күн бұрын

Masanubo Fukuoka pioneered this techique in Japan. His book is called "Natural Farming"

@brianloughnane781 8 күн бұрын

I am so impressed. I missed seeing if he sells his rice. This would be something I’d look for at a farmer’s market.

@fitrianhidayat 3 күн бұрын

What else would he do with it

@kennylee1732 16 сағат бұрын

@@fitrianhidayatthrow it away because no one bought it? Farming is extremely hard

@jamesalanstephensmith7930 Ай бұрын

Good to know. In Asia, they’ll have ducks and fish in the same pond. Ducks keep down snail populations, fish fertilize it all! I WILL try dry rice ag!

@jt-vj4sl 18 күн бұрын

There are dry rice varieties grown around the world. Water source is from rain just like other crops. Wet rice varieties have shorter life cycle that allows planting rice 3-4 crops every year.

@FamilyRide-kc8my 3 күн бұрын

I am incredibly impressed by this gentleman methods. I grew up in maryland and I cannot imagine growing rice in MD. Wow blessings brother.

@forward_ever_ever2595 4 күн бұрын

Productive gentleman...wish him growth & success

@gpatkins Ай бұрын

This is super cool. Thanks for sharing

@TurinTuram 23 күн бұрын

very interesting, ingenious folks

@ernestcashion4462 24 күн бұрын

Very interesting I'm from Arkansas and know all about growing rice in water .

@goodnightut Күн бұрын

I may have to try this in my garden! homemade rice, pickles, and herbs could be a pretty good dish

@stevenmoomey2115 13 күн бұрын

Maryland has also Developed and is improving a Rice that can be grown in Salt Contaminated Soils, Contaminated from Hurricanes on the Eastern Shore. Working on Strains, that can tolerate more and more Salt.

@defective6811 Күн бұрын

that is actually super interesting

@TheDynaGuy 18 күн бұрын

Google translate has a camera option. That could translate the manuals and stickers easily

@jacobsfarmextras 11 күн бұрын

First thing i thought. Or even Chatgpt or perplexity has the same option.

@antoniojaquez2564 Ай бұрын

Nice video, thanks 👍 for sharing.

@jimhanlon7589 20 күн бұрын

I’m impressed Keep trying Keep experimenting

@birjutaparia 17 күн бұрын

TheZeeroc just proved that it is unsustainable to cultivate more than 1.5 acre using manual transplanting. My advice buy a rice transplanter from India or Japan , It will be cheaper to import and plants 3 acre per day * 20 days = 60 acre per season .

@teac117 4 күн бұрын

Good job.

@user-wv5fq8di2m Ай бұрын

Excellent video - Thanks!

@AdamBechtol Күн бұрын

Super interesting to see the water usage reduced.

@saeidvaygani9709 22 күн бұрын

it is really an interesting ag clips.

@megapangolin1093 Ай бұрын

Excellent video, very interesting. I could watch the lady all day though..

@flick22601 17 күн бұрын

I lived in Takoma Park when there really were a few farms there. As a kid, I think I walked everywhere in the city. The address of this 'farm' is on a steep hill and I lived for a time about a block away. There is virtually no flat land there and the location of this 'farm' is in Montgomery county, not Prince Georges. In fact, the entire city is in Montgomery county. Besides, idiots that run the city would never allow a farm in their paradise - the reason I left.

@kevincastrillon6675 9 күн бұрын

Love the purple name.

@pikminlord343 Ай бұрын

So great to see

@franciscosilvestre2367 Ай бұрын

Super cool 😊

@MrRobertjparsons 5 күн бұрын

Yanmar or Kubota rice harvesters can be had for $25K + and the planting machine about 1/4 that cost. Can also share with the neighbors as does many acres per day.

@kpmariner1998 6 күн бұрын

This guy is epic. Show me his cabbage field 😂

@chuckfinley3152 4 күн бұрын

Ohh sorry, I was looking for the dry ICE revolution

@rogergreenwood3409 7 күн бұрын

Impressive

@tnasr3254 Ай бұрын

Very interesting video, please note Takoma Park is in Montgomery County, not Prince Georges

@antoniojaquez2564 Ай бұрын

So, please let me know where was the video done, PG or Montgomery county??

@TexMarque 24 күн бұрын

Takoma Park is in both Montgomery and Prince Georges. The portion by New Hampshire Av and University Blvd is in P.G.

@TexMarque 24 күн бұрын

@@antoniojaquez2564 It's address is on Carroll Av. It should be in Montgomery County or could be on both sides of the county line.

@brianmiller1149 21 күн бұрын

Awesome video, where can I find more info on this?

@defective6811 Күн бұрын

an american rastafarian(?) oakley wearing rice farmer who sounds like the stoners i dormed with in college in the PNW... I'd have a beer with this guy for sure lol

@davidlobaugh4490 13 күн бұрын

Pretty rad🤠but...I don't understand how an acre and a half can financially justify the machine purchase, especially when there's still a lot of labor involved. How many years does it take to pay machine off?

@_Ben4810 2 күн бұрын

You'd be surprised...$15,000 will buy you the very best of a used ex-Japan rice combine harvester.

@billwang4086 12 күн бұрын

How do you talk/ask about the varieties of rice they are using seems pretty important to know that more so than you have to use google to find equipment?

@cwalt4483 6 күн бұрын

I aways thought rice could be grown in parts of Dorchester and Somerset county if someone was willing to try it.

@hossiahdikwetla4461 Ай бұрын

Nice video? Genius man is more like it.

@justing6594 7 күн бұрын

Lotta plastic which deteriorates and runs off. Cool video though. Hopefully they find a replacement for plastic soon.

@Martin_Priesthood 18 күн бұрын

👍👌💯

@cozysheltie3297 4 күн бұрын

Oh ok so this process uses a LOT of plastic; What's done with the plastic after harvest?

@BrantTheResidentCalvinist Күн бұрын

That’s really cool but I can’t see him making much profit off 1.5 acres.

@johnberry1107 18 күн бұрын

Nice. Profits? I like to eat cheap.

@mrMacGoover 9 күн бұрын

Monsanto must hate this dude.

@pswanberg1 6 күн бұрын

Hand planting that seems very dumb. Which is why its planted in flooded fields. Theres a reason no one grows rice as a farm to table crop this way.

@_Ben4810 2 күн бұрын

Nothing like encouragement to someone trying something different...FFS. 🙄🙄🤡🙄

@christophmartin5381 6 күн бұрын

What kind of rice is it? Prefere Jasmin rice , is it possible with it ?

@theboringchannel2027 26 күн бұрын

6000 pounds of rice is not a commercial crop. this guy could never earn enough to every pay off his equipment costs. this is hobby farming.

@willbass2869 21 күн бұрын

With premium priced organic rice...he might make a go it Of course, I can (& will) say the same & more about rice farms around me, here in SE Texas. Couple of decades ago the DIRECT to farmer subsidy for rice was so big it threatened to become a political embarrassment since it's so specialized, so capital intensive (irrigation water, pumps, special harvesting equip etc). It served a TINY number of families. Congress had to stop the DIRECT cash payoff to rice growers. Now the subsidy is hidden inside taxpayer crop insurance, water subsidies etc. *EVERY* single rice farm in this region makes more money from leasing the ground to goose hunters after harvest. The *ONLY* reason they keep growing rice is to create hunting habitat. I'm pretty sure the bottom line profit on hunting leases is 10× the rice crop. Yes, my house sits on former rice ground. I grew up here when rice fields were only 5 miles away. The geese occasionally fly over in winter (it's all suburban sprawl now) Don't try and tell us "BigAg" is profitable. What a joke.

@theboringchannel2027 21 күн бұрын

@@willbass2869 Might be a subsidy/grant situation with this guy as well, as no business would spend 175k to buy a combine to harvest a tiny crop. This size crop would be hand harvested. Big scale rice production happens in California, generally Japanese/Asian style rice, not wild or american style/type of rice.

@paperburn 19 күн бұрын

@@theboringchannel2027 True but with shock and thresher machines you could get your cost down to 20K. Maybe he has a plan of commercial harvesting as a side business. Sort of grow your own specialty market Show them How , rent my machine and services.

@brtecson 18 күн бұрын

give him a break man. he's out there trying something new. if i had to guess, he's selling his rice to small independent local grocers. i'd pay a little extra to try it out

@xc8487 18 күн бұрын

6000 lbs still feeds a lot of people and his crop seems a lot less destructive than say conventional corn.

@ericmonnin3753 19 күн бұрын

People have been growing rice in the southern states since the states were created but forgotten by cheap imports. Nothing new, just retro

@dondr267 6 күн бұрын

I’d love to meet his Jewish sponsor

@gaza1677 3 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@Dog.soldier1950 17 күн бұрын

Marketing?

@YIO777 2 күн бұрын

Too much plastic... maybe it it was bioavailable plastic. Not just biodegradable, but available for bacteria to consume it and return the chemicals to the environment to be used in a non-toxic, natural way

@_Ben4810 2 күн бұрын

You want plastic or herbicide/insecticide then...? 🙄🙄🙄