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LODI GRAPEVINES DURING THE MERRY, MERRY MONTH OF MAY
MONDAY, MAY 10, 2021. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. What is happening out in Lodi vineyards today, during the merry, merry month of May? Pretty much the same as in most of California's vaunted wine regions, since vineyard growth patterns in Lodi mirror all but the most extreme...
SYSTEMATIC VINEYARD MONITORING FOR EFFECTIVE VINEYARD MANAGEMENT
MONDAY, MAY 3, 2021. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. My old employer, Julio Gallo used to say, “the best care a vineyard receives is the footsteps of its owner.” In other words, the most important element of vineyard care is vineyard monitoring (Figure 1). As...
LODI RULES WHEN IT COMES TO SUSTAINABILITY
MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2021. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. FARMING FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS When it comes to sustainability, Lodi rules What began in 1992 as a grassroots education program in Lodi later became LODI RULES – the first comprehensive and, arguably, most...
AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PREVENTATIVE PRACTICES FOR MANAGING TRUNK DISEASE IN TABLE GRAPE VINEYARDS
MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2021. BY KENDRA BAUMGARTNER, PHD, USDA, JOHNATHAN KAPLAN, PHD, CSU SACRAMENTO, & MAX NORTON, PHD, CSU SACRAMENTO. California is the nation’s leading grower and sole exporter of table grapes [California Department of Food and Agriculture, 2017],...
XERCES MONARCH & POLLINATOR KITS: CALIFORNIA
MONDAY, APRIL 12, 2021. BY XERCES SOCIETY. Many insect pollinators are declining in California, including bees and butterflies. The Western monarch population has declined 99.9% since the 1980s, likely due to multiple factors including habitat loss and degradation,...
2021 LODI GRAPE DAY RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE
MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2021. BY GABRIELLA GOODE, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Lodi Grape Day originated in 1952 and was created by a Lodi Chamber of Commerce Agribusiness Chairman, Calvin Mettler, and UC Davis Extension agent Gordon F. Mitchell to provide the latest...
FOLIAR SYMPTOMS OF MINERAL NUTRIENT PROBLEMS
MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2020. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. The old saying, a picture is worth a thousand words, certainly applies to damaged grapevine foliage. Still, describing foliage damage with words is often necessary for vineyard managers to communicate with crop...
THE OLD VINE CONFERENCE NO. 1
MARCH 22, 2021. BY THE OLD VINE CONFERENCE LIMITED. THE OLD VINE CONFERENCE SERIES: galvanizing a global movement to nurture and value great old vines, and their wines. What’s the issue with old vines? Old vines are a beacon for talent, innovation, and connection....
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