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Ciatti Global Market Update – May 2015
Harvest is coming to an end in the Southern Hemisphere and most volume estimates remain unchanged. The total crop size for all of the Southern Hemisphere should fall short of the 2014 result. Argentina and New Zealand are experiencing the biggest declines in volume,...
Verticilium Wilt – Excerpt from Grape Pest Management
Verticillium wilt causes significant losses in many annual and perennial crops in California, but it is a minor disease of grapes. Caused by the fungus Verticillium dahliae, it was first detected in grapes in 1973. Disease incidence as high as 15% in certain young...
In the Vineyard with Paul Verdegaal – May 2015
As of the rainfall total at the end of April, it looks like we are entering a fourth year of drought. This is more severe than the 2007-09 drought and the dry spell from 2002-03. The current rainfall season will end below long term average. However, there has been...
Port Slowdown Impacts California Agriculture
California agriculture exported about 26% of its production in 2013 worth $21 billion. The top six destinations for California agricultural exports are Canada, European Union, China (including Hong Kong), Japan, Mexico, and Korea. Most export destinations rely almost...
2014 Lodi Grower Survey – Report of Results
It is common, and even recommended, for winegrape growers to collect various types of information, or data, which they then used to make informed vineyard management decisions. PCAs walk vineyards to collect pest monitoring data, which is the basis for pest control...
Potential for Biological Control of Brown Marmorated Stinkbug in California
The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Haylomorpha halys, was first reported in California in 2002 and was found as a live adult in a storage locker in Riverside County. This interception (as opposed to found in the environment) was followed by a similar finding in...
Vineyard Airblast Sprayer Calibration for Improved Deposition
In November of 2014 I had the opportunity to attend a week-long spray application technology seminar at Cornell University taught by Andrew Landers. Andrew is well known in the industry as a spray technology guru and has come to the Lodi area to spread his knowledge...
Recommendations for Revising CDFA Regulations on Nursery Stock – Opportunity to Improve the Quality of Vines
The California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program, administered by CDFA, aims to eliminate specific grapevine diseases such as leafroll, fanleaf, corky bark, stem-pitting and fleck that are spread from vine to vine by grafting and/or vegetative...
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