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THE SEASONALITY OF VINEYARD MINERAL NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT
MONDAY, MAY 24, 2021. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Growing seasons have a rhythm-based on grapevine growth and development. Those of us in the winegrape business are well aware of this cadence because our work lives are tied to it. Much less obvious is the...
LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION’S 2020 ANNUAL REPORT
MONDAY, MAY 17, 2021. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. The Lodi Winegrape Commission's 2020 Annual Report is now available! Click on the image below to read through the 24-page report, which includes letters from the Commission Board Chair, Kendra Lange, and Executive...
LODI GROWERS REPORT VINE GROWTH PROBLEMS FROM FALL 2020 COLD DAMAGE
WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2021. BY TED RIEGER. Some Lodi winegrape growers are reporting grapevines and vineyard blocks with no vine growth or stunted vine growth this spring that appears to be related to cold injury damage experienced during an unusual cold weather event...
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,...
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