THE ECONOMICS OF WATER MANAGEMENT IN WINEGRAPE VINEYARDS

THE ECONOMICS OF WATER MANAGEMENT IN WINEGRAPE VINEYARDS

By Stan Grant We have explored various aspects of water management in vineyards in past Lodi Growers Coffee Shop postings, but we have yet to consider economics, as we will here.  For the sake of this discussion, we will assume competent vineyard management, adequate...

Water Management — Part I

Introduction Describing the issue of water in California, Mark Twain once intoned, “whiskey’s fer drinkin’, water’s fer fightin’.” Winegrapes use less water than most crops, so we do a little less fighting than some, but we still need to manage our most precious...