Capay Mills

Capay Mills

Wheat
Corn
Rye
Sorghum
Rice
Millet
Triticale

Capay Mills was founded to rebuild profitable, high-value local grain economies by reestablishing community-scale processing capacity and sales channels that traditionally connected independent local grain growers with regional customers seeking fresh, flavorful, nutritious, high-extraction flour. Our immediate goal is to build a facility in Woodland scaled to absorb approximately 400 acres of production annually, to catalyze a viable market for specialty grains in Northern California. Our intent is to offer both processing capacity and a unique educational resource for producers and consumers in our region and beyond.

Organic Certification
Certified Kosher
Gluten-free
Phone number
Email address

Crop Varieties Milled

Patwin

Patwin is a hard white spring wheat. It was developed by the University of California, Davis and released in 2006. It was selected from the cross Madsen/2*Express. Its experimental designations were UCD 03010/24 and UC 1419. It has short stature (average plant height is 38 in, similar to Blanca Grande and Clear White) and excellent straw strength. It is medium late maturing (flowers approximately 6 days later than Clear White and 10-12 days later than Blanca Grande). It has a 2NS/2AS translocation from Ae.ventricosum carrying leaf rust resistance gene Lr37, stripe rust resistance gene Yr17, and stem rust resistance gene Sr38. It has a semi-erect juvenile plant growth habit. Flag leaves are recurved and twisted. It has mid-dense, inclined strap shaped heads with white awns, and white glumes that are long and medium length with square shoulders and acuminate beaks. Kernels are oval, white, and hard. Seed has a midsize germ with a narrow crease, rounded cheeks, and a medium sized, non-collared brush. It contains the high molecular weight subunits 5+10 (Glu-D1). Patwin has high loaf volumes which are not significantly different from Blanca Grande but that are significantly larger than those observed for Clear White. All three cultivars have similar flour extraction rates. At the time of release it was resistant to stripe rust, leaf rust, and powdery mildew, moderately resistant to Septoria tritici leaf blotch, and susceptible to BYD. It subsequently became moderately resistant to leaf rust. It is resistant to the root-knot nematode due to the presence of the 2NS translocation from Ae.Ventricosum. It was evaluated as Entry 1419 in the UC Regional Cereal Testing program from 2004-present for late fall planting in the Central Valley, surrounding areas, the south-central coast region, and southern desert areas of California and in the Oregon Spring Wheat Elite Yield Trial conducted in cooperation with the UC Regional Cereal Testing program from 2007-2009 for spring planting in the intermountain region of northern California.

Additional Details

General Details
Years in Business

6

Type of milling system
Stone
Sifter

Yes

Number of mills

2

Brand name

Partisani, Skiold/Engsko

Scale (mill maximum capacity MT/day)

Less than 1 MT/day

Grain Types
Wheat
Corn
Rye
Sorghum
Rice
Millet
Triticale
Wholesale

Yes

Farmers' Markets

Yes

Grocery Stores

Yes

Direct Retail

Yes

No

Do you offer toll milling services?

Yes

Bulk Grain and Flour
Minimum bulk grain quantities for sale

No

Amount
50# Increments
2# Retail Bags
25# Bags
5# Bags
Farmers' Markets
What farmer's markets do you sell to?

Ferry Plaza (SF), Temescal (Oakland)

No

Grocery Stores
What grocery stores do you sell to?

Bi-Rite, Luke's Local, Epicurean Trader, Star Grocery, Cook's Junction

No

Direct Retail
Direct Retails
Website
Farmers Market
Toll Milling
What are the minimum requirements for your milling services?

200 lbs.

No