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Windmill in Yolo County

This windmill stands alone in the 5th district. For hundreds of years, the most important application of windmills at the subsistence level has been mechanical water pumping using relatively small systems with rotor diameters of one to several meters. These systems were perfected in the United States during the19th century, beginning with the Halladay windmill in ...

Aerial View of City of Woodland and Rural Yolo County

Vineyards In Yolo County

Wine Grapes. Wine grapes are the largest single crop in the fruit and nut category. Several factors, including climate, lower land and production costs and the UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology, give Yolo County a competitive advantage in the wine industry when compared to better known areas like Napa and Sonoma Counties. As ...

Duane speaking with Eric Paulsen

Almond Blossoms – 5th District Yolo County

The Almond Tree is the most mysterious nut tree and is mentioned in the bible in the book of Numbers 17:8. Its crop is very valuable to our state and California is the only place in North America that grows almonds commercially. A $2 billion industry, more than 6,000 growers devote an estimated 530,000 acres ...