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LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION ELECTS YOUNGEST LEADERSHIP TEAM IN 34-YEAR HISTORY
MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 2025. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Featured image above: Lodi growers pictured from left to right – Pieter A. den Hartog (son), Pieter den Hartog (father), Hadyn Schatz (son), Rodney Schatz (father), Jacylyn Stokes Iniguez (daughter), Bill Stokes...

RESEARCH ALERT ON LEAFROLL EPIDEMIOLOGY & THE VINE MEALYBUG IN LODI VINEYARDS
MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2025. BY MARC FUCHS (1) & STEPHANIE BOLTON (2). (1) Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Geneva, NY (2) Research and Education, Lodi Winegrape Commission, Lodi, CA Featured image above: A cluster of vine mealybugs at various life stages in a...

THE WINE INDUSTRY ISN’T GROWING RIGHT NOW, BUT GUESS WHAT IS?
TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2025. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Want a fun way to check in with people during these chaotic times? Ask them to name 5 things that are growing right now. No google searches or AI necessary. Just 5 quick things will give...

HARNESSING COMMUNITY POWER: USING CITIZEN SCIENCE TO TRACK THE INVASIVE TREE OF HEAVEN
MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 2025. BY MARIA ZUMKELLER, MS. What if we could all help solve one of the biggest threats to our local ecosystems (including agricultural systems), just by using our smartphones? That’s the idea behind citizen science: a collaborative approach to...

CARRYOVER EFFECTS OF YIELD REGULATION ON THE FOLLOWING YEAR’S GRAPES
MONDAY, JULY 28, 2025. BY THIBAUT VERDENAL et al, IVES TECHNICAL REVIEW. The integrated management of vine nitrogen nutrition guarantees suitable grape composition at harvest according to the production objective (yield and composition). An agronomic trial revealed...