by Lodi Growers | Jan 8, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 2024. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Drone-captured message sent to Airborne Visible/InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer, written among grapevines by Lodi growers who collaborated on pathogen-spotting research conducted in collaboration with...
by Lodi Growers | Dec 18, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2023. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION, JUSTIN TANNER & TED RIEGER. Justin D. Tanner, PhD, began his role as the UCCE Northern San Joaquin County Viticulture Farm Advisor for the Lodi area on January 3, 2023, following the footsteps of Paul...
by Lodi Growers | Dec 11, 2023 | Videos, Presentations, & Handouts
Roger Baldwin, PhD, with the UC Cooperate Extension discussed how to manage human-wildlife conflict situations more effectively in the vineyard, highlighting ground squirrels. Photo sourced from Travis Air Force Base, photographer Heidi Couch. Ground Squirrel BMP...
by Lodi Growers | Dec 11, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2023. BY WINE INSTITUTE. SAN FRANCISCO — California vineyards and wineries are encouraged to apply for the prestigious 2024 California Green Medal Sustainable Winegrowing Leadership Awards. Applications are now being accepted at greenmedal.org...
by Lodi Growers | Dec 8, 2023 | Videos, Presentations, & Handouts
Fruit flies have been a big problem this year in many crops across California. Vince Arellano, Environmental Scientist, with the California Department of Food and Agriculture, presented about the California-quarantined oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis, detected...
by Lodi Growers | Dec 4, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2023. BY STUART SPENCER, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. “Indecisions, frustrations, disappointments, and surprises best describe the grape situation.” Those were the thoughts of Jim Kissler, San Joaquin County Viticulture Farm Advisor following the...
by Lodi Growers | Nov 27, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2023. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. It is now time to clean out your barn owl nesting boxes, which depending on where you live are usually empty from the end of October to early December. Unfortunately, owls do not clean out their own nests,...