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Using Soil Moisture Sensors for Vineyard Irrigation Management: A Practical Guide for Installing and Interpreting Information from Soil Moisture Monitoring Technologies in Vineyards – Part I
Grape growers are encouraged to use a combination of soil, plant, and weather data when determining the length and frequency of irrigation events in vineyards. The most common questions growers want to answer with regard to vineyard irrigation are: How often should...
Farm Labor in California’s Specialty Crops
The Census of Agriculture (COA), which provides the most complete profile of the nation’s farming sector, highlights the importance of fruits and nuts, vegetables and melons, and horticultural specialty (FVH) crops in California. The farm value of U.S. FVH commodities...
Introducing Dan Ostrowski
Dan Ostrowski, of Wilbur Ellis, represented Lodi while attending an intensive and hands-on five-day spray application workshop where he learned about cutting edge pesticide spray technologies and practices. The workshop is part of a 2-year program funded by Western...
Allocation-Based Water Pricing Promotes Conservation While Keeping User Costs Low
The common approach for pricing water and other goods and services in a market economy is uniform pricing: each unit is priced the same regardless of the amount consumed and the characteristics of the consumer. Block (or tiered) rate pricing is where the cost per unit...
Leafroll 3 Virus Testing Reagent that Could Impact State Certification Programs
Grapevine leafroll associated virus 3 (GLaV-3) is, arguably, the No. 1 most economically important virus in grapevine production and is designated as an exclusion pest in most certification programs. However, growers are often frustrated to find this virus in their...
Effect of Light Environment on Methoxypyrazine Content of Cabernet Sauvignon
Sunlight levels can affect a variety of fruit characteristics in winegrapes. This research focused on how light levels impact the presence of a class of aroma compounds, methoxypyrazines (MPs), which are responsible for vegetal aromas such a green bell peppers, green...
Beware of Dubious Agricultural Terms
The language of agriculture and wine grape growing is constantly evolving and we seem to come across new words all the time. Ultimately, the goal of all new words should be to improve our ability for clear and concise communication. Some additions to our lexicon are...
How Do Growers Sharpen Their Knowledge About Vineyard Management?
Farming winegrapes is a knowledge intensive activity. Growers learn about vineyard management by accessing a wide variety of information resources, many of which come in the form of outreach programs provided by organizations like the Lodi Winegrape Commission (LWC)...
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