by Lodi Growers | Feb 26, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2024. BY XERCES SOCIETY. Many pollinating insects are declining in California, including bees and butterflies. The population of Western monarch butterflies has declined 95% since the 1980s, due to a variety of reasons, including habitat loss and...
by Lodi Growers | Feb 20, 2024 | Blog
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2024. BY TAWNY MATA, PhD, CDFA. As many of you are aware, California is facing revenue projections that are likely to result in less state funding for sustainable agriculture incentive programs. Luckily, at the same time, the federal government...
by Lodi Growers | Feb 12, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2024. BY LOTTIE DAWSON. Soil health is a constant worry for anyone whose business relies upon crop yields to survive. While we benefit from fantastic growing capabilities across the Lodi area and our grapes are of exceptional quality, there are...
by Lodi Growers | Feb 5, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2024. BY STUART SPENCER, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. At the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium’s State of the Industry presentation on January 24, Jeff Bitter with Allied Grape Growers recommended that California needs to remove a minimum of 50,000...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 29, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 2024. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Meticulous winter pruning of the long, twisting arms of head-trained, own-rooted Zinfandel first planted during the 1920s in Lodi’s Clements Hills appellation. Winter is coming Winter, you can say, is...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 22, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2024. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. You are invited to join us for this year’s Unified Wine & Grape Symposium in Sacramento from January 23-25, 2024. Unified is presented by the American Society for Enology &...