by Lodi Growers | May 26, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
California’s role as the nation’s leading producer of agricultural products is well known. In 2012 California’s farms and ranches accounted for $42.6 billion in output. California produced 15% of the nation’s total value of crop production and 7.1% of the value of...
by Lodi Growers | May 20, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
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,...
by Lodi Growers | May 12, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
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...
by Lodi Growers | May 4, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
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...