Former Japanese parliamentarian Isaburo (Jo) Takasuka first planted rice in Australia in 1905, using Japonica seed brought with him from Japan. One hundred years later more than 2,000 rice farmers supply Sun Rice with rice to mill and market to Australia and more than 70 countries around the world including Japan.

Sun Rice is a successful vertically integrated agri-business capable of guaranteeing quality and safety of product from paddock to plate. Thanks to a unique farm rotation system utilising natural biological controls, chemical usage on rice in Australia is the lowest in the developed world.