TYPICAL CROPS & GROWING SEASONS FOR YOLO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA:

• TOMATOES (SUMMER)
• CUCURBITS (SUMMER)
• SUGARBEETS (FALL OR SPRING PLANTED)
• ALFALFA (PERENNIAL)
• GRAIN (WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY) (WINTER)
• CORN (SUMMER)
• SUNFLOWER (SUMMER)
• SAFFLOWER (SUMMER)
• BEANS (SUMMER)
• RICE (SUMMER)
• FALLOW

As an example of how a crop rotation program might be developed, we can take a look at an area of California (close to Sacramento) where the crops listed above are typically grown.

Most crops are in the ground during the summer months. These crops would typically be planted in the spring and harvested in the late summer or fall.

During the winter, fields are typically left fallow, or planted to grain.

Sugarbeets may be overwintered in some fields, and others may be planted to alfalfa for a period of several years.

In this cropping system, processing tomatoes are considered the most profitable crop.

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