by Lodi Growers | Apr 28, 2014
Benefits of Hedgerows on Farms in the Sacramento Valley April 30th The Center For Land-Based Learning 5265 Putah Creek Road Winters, CA This workshop will focus on the benefits of hedgerows of California native plants in agricultural landscapes, including enhanced...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 27, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
Below average cold, below average rainfall, increasing costs, more regulations and tougher competition. We seem to be experiencing our own modern day Iliad. But it could always be worse and baseball opening day is only 55 days away. Dry conditions have taken front...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 20, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
Sustainability is word bantered about freely these days. Initially, sustainability referred to the degree a farming enterprise depended on off-farm resources. This is important because all agricultural ecosystems, unlike natural ecosystems, are inherently unstable and...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 3, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
Growers can learn how to improve the health of their soils with the help of the newly revised book “Building Soil For Better Health”, written by two prominent soil scientists. The book is available for free download by clicking HERE. Managing for soil...
by Lodi Growers | Dec 9, 2013 | Blog, Uncategorized
Wineries have come to expect and depend on delivery of high quality grapes from their growers, while at the same time, vineyard operational costs have reached new highs. Most wine grape growers have responded to these factors, striving for both production consistency...
by Lodi Growers | Oct 7, 2013 | Blog, Uncategorized
All winegrape growers know what frost is, but not everyone understands the physics behind how it develops. Such an understanding is useful when figuring out how to protect your vines from frost damage. This article was written by Steve Hammersmith, president of Shur...
by Lodi Growers | Sep 9, 2013 | Blog, Uncategorized
As our county’s University of California Cooperative Extension viticulture Farm Advisor, Paul Verdegaal is among the most trusted people in Lodi when it comes to advice about vineyard management. In fact, my Ph.D. research found Paul to be the most connected...
