by Lodi Growers | May 4, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
As of the rainfall total at the end of April, it looks like we are entering a fourth year of drought. This is more severe than the 2007-09 drought and the dry spell from 2002-03. The current rainfall season will end below long term average. However, there has been...
by Lodi Growers | Apr 27, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
California agriculture exported about 26% of its production in 2013 worth $21 billion. The top six destinations for California agricultural exports are Canada, European Union, China (including Hong Kong), Japan, Mexico, and Korea. Most export destinations rely almost...
by Lodi Growers | Apr 20, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
It is common, and even recommended, for winegrape growers to collect various types of information, or data, which they then used to make informed vineyard management decisions. PCAs walk vineyards to collect pest monitoring data, which is the basis for pest control...
by Lodi Growers | Apr 13, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Haylomorpha halys, was first reported in California in 2002 and was found as a live adult in a storage locker in Riverside County. This interception (as opposed to found in the environment) was followed by a similar finding in...
by Lodi Growers | Apr 6, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
In November of 2014 I had the opportunity to attend a week-long spray application technology seminar at Cornell University taught by Andrew Landers. Andrew is well known in the industry as a spray technology guru and has come to the Lodi area to spread his knowledge...
by Lodi Growers | Mar 30, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
The California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program, administered by CDFA, aims to eliminate specific grapevine diseases such as leafroll, fanleaf, corky bark, stem-pitting and fleck that are spread from vine to vine by grafting and/or vegetative...
by Lodi Growers | Mar 24, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
This Coffee Shop article is an excerpt from the Ciatti Global Wine Grape Brokers’ March, 2015 Global Market Update (Volume 6 Issue 3). Here, we focus on the California and USA section of the report. See the full report for global wine market update for countries...
by Lodi Growers | Mar 17, 2015 | Videos, Presentations, & Handouts
Grape Phylloxera, Andy Walker: Presentation slides Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Chuck Ingles: Presentation slides Rootstocks in San Joaquin County – Overview, Paul Veerdegaal: Handout
by Lodi Growers | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
All California vineyards become infected at some point by trunk diseases: Botryosphaeria dieback, Esca, Eutypa dieback, and Phomopsis dieback. The symptoms do not become obvious until years 6-8. Trunk diseases limit the productive life of infected vineyards, and can...
by Lodi Growers | Mar 10, 2015 | Videos, Presentations, & Handouts
Powdery Mildew, Doug Gubler: Presentation slides Virtual Weather Station Update, Brianna McCguire: Presentation slides
by Lodi Growers | Mar 9, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
Hilgardia was the primary technical publication of UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) for 70 years. The journal was established in May 1925 and succeeded the Technical Paper series which ceased with issue No. 20 (April 1925). Although production ceased in...
by Lodi Growers | Feb 24, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
Cover crops are a critical piece of a sustainable vineyard system. Retaining plant cover in tractor rows helps reduce soil loss, limiting wind or water erosion. [1] Cover crops also influence vineyard nutrient levels [1, 2]. The inclusion of cover crops in vineyard...
by Lodi Growers | Feb 19, 2015 | Videos, Presentations, & Handouts
Managing Nematodes in Vineyards, Andy Walker: Presentation slides Nematodes in Grapes, Paul Verdegaal: Handout
by Lodi Growers | Feb 17, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
What I learned in The New Yorker, in an article titled “The Checklist” written by Atul Gawande, and published on December 10, 2007, was that a simple and effective technique for reducing human error is the checklist. Gawande later wrote an entire book on...
by Lodi Growers | Feb 2, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
The Lodi Winegrape Commission and the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) have something very important in common. We share the goal of helping communicate the best agricultural research and effective practices to farmers. In late 2014 the Commission...
