Last Tuesday, 2/12/04, I went to Parit Buntar to see the rice paddy farming. I grew up on a wheat farm in Oklahoma and I have a strong interest in rice farming because they have lots of connections.

In Malaysia, the state of Kedah is known as "Jelapang Padi Malaysia" or "The Rice Bowl of Malaysia". Due to modern processes of irrigation and harvesting, the rice paddies are able to be harvested twice a year. When I arrived in Parit Buntar, which is just on the border of Perak, it was harvest season.

I found a field ... (more)