by Lodi Growers | Jan 27, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
Below average cold, below average rainfall, increasing costs, more regulations and tougher competition. We seem to be experiencing our own modern day Iliad. But it could always be worse and baseball opening day is only 55 days away. Dry conditions have taken front...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 20, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
Sustainability is word bantered about freely these days. Initially, sustainability referred to the degree a farming enterprise depended on off-farm resources. This is important because all agricultural ecosystems, unlike natural ecosystems, are inherently unstable and...
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 | Jan 3, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
Growers can learn how to improve the health of their soils with the help of the newly revised book “Building Soil For Better Health”, written by two prominent soil scientists. The book is available for free download by clicking HERE. Managing for soil...