by Lodi Growers | May 26, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
California’s role as the nation’s leading producer of agricultural products is well known. In 2012 California’s farms and ranches accounted for $42.6 billion in output. California produced 15% of the nation’s total value of crop production and 7.1% of the value of...
by Lodi Growers | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
All California vineyards become infected at some point by trunk diseases: Botryosphaeria dieback, Esca, Eutypa dieback, and Phomopsis dieback. The symptoms do not become obvious until years 6-8. Trunk diseases limit the productive life of infected vineyards, and can...
by Lodi Growers | Dec 8, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and other sectors of California’s economy has become one of the most important environmental concerns of state and federal regulatory organizations. This is the result of the June 2006 passage of the California Global...
by Lodi Growers | Nov 17, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
The harvests have all come to an end in the Northern Hemisphere, and it looks as though France has regained its position as the largest producer in the world. French growers looked to have rebounded from disappointing volume results in 2013 with a much better looking...
by Lodi Growers | Feb 10, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
This month I would like to share my thoughts regarding how to prevent powdery mildew disease in Chardonnay grapes. For 19 years I worked with Ruby Seedless table grapes in the Reedley area, and that experience shaped my approach to preventing powdery mildew. The Ruby...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 13, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
Another year is behind us and although the 2013 growing season could not have been more perfect in terms of weather, there were plenty of frustrations to deal with. Capacity and processing issues, winegrape crops which exceeded estimates (for the second year in a...
by Lodi Growers | Dec 16, 2013 | Blog, Uncategorized
During my entire 34-year career as a Pest Control Adviser I have recommended the use of pesticides on a “per acre” basis and the growers have applied them on a “per acre” basis. At the annual Farm Safety Day I teach a class on how to calibrate spray rigs, and on...