isbell farms

About Us

Isbell Farms is a multi-generational family rice farm located in Central Arkansas with a focus on the sustainable production of quality rice.

Sustainability

At Isbell Farms, sustainability is part of our heritage and part of our future.

Our Practices

Isbell Farms is proud to have pioneered or adopted a number of practices that lead to greater efficiency and sustainability in our rice production.

Our Rice

In addition to Long Grain Varieties, Isbell Farms grows Sake Rice, and has a history of producing special Japanese varieties.

Media

Over the years our farm has been featured in a number of articles and other forms of media. You can access some of those here.

Community

Isbell Farms has hosted thousands of visitors from all over the world and counts it a privilege to engage in the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and ideas.

From The Farm

@isbellfarms July 10, 2020 Mark Isbell

2020 Planting Begins April 22, 2020 Mark Isbell

Isbell Farms has begun planting the 2020 Crop. The weather hasn’t been great, but we are getting an earlier start than 2019. Hopefully we can make more progress soon. Here area couple of videos of different planting methods we use.

Harvest Begins September 22, 2019 Mark Isbell

Harvest has finally begun on Isbell Farms. Harvest this year began the second week of September, which is about a month later than the norm for us. This was due to the late planting that resulted from the frequent spring rains. So far, harvest weather has been very good, so we are hopeful to make […]

Isbell Farms Joins Sake Brewers Association of North America September 6, 2019 Mark Isbell

Isbell Farms is glad to now be an Affiliate Member of the the Sake Brewers Association of North America. It has been exciting to watch the rise of the Sake community in the past years and it is exciting to now see this organization working to bring together those who are a part of this […]

2019 Rice Crop: Fast Forward September 4, 2019 Mark Isbell

When you have a year like 2019, when the heavy and frequent rains set planting back by at least a month, you sometimes wish you could put things in fast forward. Unfortunately, that isn’t possible, but we were able to stitch images from our Field Cam into a timelapse so you can experience the crop […]