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GOT VOLES? PERHAPS ANTHRAQUINONE IS THE ANSWER
Voles (Figure 1) are short, stocky rodents that often cause extensive girdling damage to a variety of tree and vine crops throughout California (Figure 2). Vole management is often quite challenging given how numerous they can be in a given area. In more recent...
LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Lodi Winegrape Commission, representing more than 750 winegrape growers farming 110,000 acres which includes 85 wineries in the Lodi American Viticulture Area (AVA), has announced the appointment of Stuart Spencer as Executive Director, effective immediately....
WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR 4TH ANNUAL CALIFORNIA GREEN MEDAL: SUSTAINABLE WINEGROWING LEADERSHIP AWARDS
The California Green Medal winners have been announced for the fourth annual Sustainable Winegrowing Leadership Awards. The California Green Medal recognizes the leadership of wineries and vineyards committed to sustainability and is presented by the California...
HERE COMES THE MILDEW AGAIN: THE CHALLENGES OF MANAGING POWDERY MILDEW IN THE ERA OF FUNGICIDE RESISTANCE
Many felt like mildew was raining down last year and nothing they did would slow it down. You might have heard of the results from our American Vineyard Foundation (AVF) funded research on DMI (FRAC 3) and strobilurin (FRAC 11) fungicide resistant powdery mildew and...
LODI AVA VINES & WINES REPORT RELEASED!
MOST EXTENSIVE LODI "VINES AND WINES" REPORT JUST RELEASED! by International Wine Review. Towards the end of 2017, Lodi hosted the International Wine Review duo of Don Winkler and Mike Potashnik. These two worldly gentleman professionally and thoroughly study a wine...
ZINFEST 2018 – SAVE THE DATE!
Vintner’s Grille Each year, the Lodi ZinFest’s Friday night Vintner’s Grille at the Lake is a special affair where you can mix and mingle with Lodi’s finest winemakers and growers, while watching the sun sink into Lodi Lake. Enjoy the region’s finest pairing of...
VINEYARD DESIGN & MANAGEMENT FOR MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY
FEBRUARY 22, 2018. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Management actions have two essential performance attributes - effectiveness and efficiency. To achieve maximum effectiveness or impact, one must do the proper thing at the right time. To achieve maximum efficiency,...
KIDS EXPLAIN SUSTAINABILITY
This January, we had SO much fun filming a video where children and grandchildren of LODI RULES farmers and vintners explain SUSTAINABILITY. Watch ten adorable children, without any preparation, give incredibly insightful and often funny views on sustainability. A...
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