In 1928, David Clarke Van D**e decided to build a slaughterhouse turning it into a business that would slaughter livestock and then deliver the meat to Marysville, Yuba City, Sacramento and San Francisco. After about ten years of running his slaughterhouse business over time it became obsolete. However, he perfected the grain facility eventually building a rice dryer and storage plant to go with his four grain bins. Van D**e's Rice Dryer, now a commercial enterprise, has grown both in size and capacity to one of the largest in the area. Harlan Maring Van D**e farmed with his father and in the year 1952 he took over the operation from him. Over the years he added a feed mill, selling fertilizer and chemicals, as well as adding a fleet of trucks to the dryer plant. Harlan had four children, in which is second child, James Clarke Van D**e, took over the family business from his father in 1978. In 1988 they sold the chemical and fertilizer business to what is now known as Agriform, which is still located on the facilities property. Today, Van D**e's Rice Dryer, Inc. hold approximately 1.5 million hundred weight with 99 bins and 2 flat storage warehouses. Among those 99 bins we handle seed from cooperative and independent farmers. We currently have about 4 acres of solar to help with the process of drying and storage of rice. Currently, Jim's daughter, Connie Jerome, is the CEO here at Van D**e's Rice Dryer.
