by Lodi Growers | Feb 24, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
Cover crops are a critical piece of a sustainable vineyard system. Retaining plant cover in tractor rows helps reduce soil loss, limiting wind or water erosion. [1] Cover crops also influence vineyard nutrient levels [1, 2]. The inclusion of cover crops in vineyard...
by Guest Contributor | Feb 19, 2015 | Videos, Presentations, & Handouts
Managing Nematodes in Vineyards, Andy Walker: Presentation slides Nematodes in Grapes, Paul Verdegaal: Handout
by Lodi Growers | Feb 17, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
What I learned in The New Yorker, in an article titled “The Checklist” written by Atul Gawande, and published on December 10, 2007, was that a simple and effective technique for reducing human error is the checklist. Gawande later wrote an entire book on...
by Lodi Growers | Feb 2, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
The Lodi Winegrape Commission and the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) have something very important in common. We share the goal of helping communicate the best agricultural research and effective practices to farmers. In late 2014 the Commission...