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APRIL 27, 2020.  BY KRIS TOLLERUP, PhD. Mark Shimozaki (Independent Pest Control Adviser, Lodi CA), Leigh Ann Harrison (BASF Corporation, Technical Service Rep, Northern Central Valley), Meggie Gilbert (BASF Corporation, Value Chain Specialist, Agricultural...

APRIL 20, 2020.  BY XERCES SOCIETY. Many insect pollinators are declining in California, including bees and butterflies. The Western monarch population has declined more than 99% since the 1980s, likely due to multiple factors including habitat loss and degradation,...

APRIL 13, 2020.  BY RANDY CAPAROSO. The quality of wines from around the world has grown and proliferated so much over the past ten, twenty years, consumers now have a nearly impossible range to choose from. And so in today's market, it is coming down to very specific...

APRIL 6, 2020.  BY WINE INSTITUTE. SAN FRANCISCO — The California Green Medal winners have been announced for the Sixth annual Sustainable Winegrowing Leadership Awards. The California Green Medal recognizes the leadership of wineries and vineyards committed to...

MARCH 30, 2020.  BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Remote sensing is the process of acquiring information about something without contacting it.  In agriculture, remote sensing usually refers to passive sensing in the air of reflected radiation from the earth's surface,...