1. The Daily Democrat reports that Yolo County Ag had a good year, growing 11% and bringing in $370 million in revenue, countywide. Processing tomatoes, as always, are still king in Yolo County, but alfalfa, wine and almonds are up there as well.

2. For those people worried about the impact of honeybee colony collapse disorder on the almond crop, you can stop holding your breath, because apparently this year was a bumper crop for almonds, to the point of driving the commodity price down enough to offset any gains from the harvest. […]