by Lodi Growers | Aug 11, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
The 2012 Census of Agriculture was released in early May 2014. Average farm size continues to grow in terms of acreage and market value of production. However, this trend is not universal across crop category or geographic region. For the crop category of Land Used...
by Lodi Growers | Aug 4, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
Part I of this series presented basic concepts of regulated deficit irrigation (RDI), early season soil moisture management, and the vine component of the soil-vine-atmosphere moisture continuum. In this posting, we will explore the other components of the continuum...
by Lodi Growers | Jul 28, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
Deficit irrigation refers to the practice of applying less than the full amount of water a vineyard can use. The objective of deficit irrigation is to induce and sustain moderate water stress that arrests shoot growth and limits fruit growth without impacting foliage...
by Lodi Growers | Jul 21, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
The official end of the rainfall year shows a total of 10.2 inches of rain for 2013-14 – the driest season in the last 12 years and only slightly ahead of the 1976-77 drought. Fortunately, the last significant rain occurred with perfect timing and in a heavy...
by Lodi Growers | Jul 7, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
Updated reports are coming in on harvests around the world. The government projections in Argentina have changed dramatically over the past month. Earlier crop reports had projected a 30% decline in volume, but new reports now estimate only a 6% decline from the...
by Lodi Growers | Jun 30, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
Spider mites are found in vineyards throughout most grape growing areas of the world. In California, the primary spider mite pests are the Pacific spider mite, Tetranychus pacificus, and the Willamette spider mite, Eoteranychus willamettei (Karban and Zalom, 1998)....
