by Lodi Growers | Nov 21, 2017 | Vineyards
Did you ever wonder how you could volunteer to write a BLOG POST for lodigrowers.com and reach a wide audience in over 30 countries?! I bet you did! Here at the Lodi Winegrape Commission, we are EXTREMELY GRATEFUL for our talented, amazing regular guest...
by Lodi Growers | Nov 17, 2017 | Blog, Vineyards
Harvest has come to a close but meeting season is in full swing for the winegrape industry! Several members of the Lodi winegrowing community headed south to fun and beautiful San Luis Obispo, California (SLO) for the tenth annual Sustainable Ag Expo hosted by our...
by Guest Contributor | Nov 9, 2017 | Videos, Presentations, & Handouts
Barbara Huecksteadt’s presentation handout is available HERE Due to high interest in the new pesticides near schools regulations, we will be hosting monthly informational meetings starting in January 2018 on the first Tuesday morning of each month (following the...
by Lodi Growers | Nov 9, 2017 | Blog, Vineyards
NOVEMBER 9, 2017. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Vineyards are long-term investments expected to annually generate profitable yields of high quality winegrapes over many years (Fig. 1). Unfortunately, too often this expectation is not fulfilled. There are three...
by Guest Contributor | Nov 7, 2017 | Videos, Presentations, & Handouts
Stephanie Bolton’s presentation is available HERE Mealybug biocontrol pesticide risk table is available HERE YouTube Video by Koppert of a Cryptolaemus beetle eating mealybug – click HERE YouTube Video by Koppert of an Anagyrus wasp laying an egg in a...
by Guest Contributor | Nov 2, 2017 | Videos, Presentations, & Handouts
Meeting agenda/main handout, including perhaps the most comprehensive list of vineyard budget inputs, available HERE Simple vineyard budget Excel file example available HERE Vineyard Operation breakdown of costs Excel file example available HERE Banker presentation...
by Lodi Growers | Nov 2, 2017 | Blog, Vineyards
Now is the time to clean out your barn owl nesting boxes, which depending on where you live are usually empty from Halloween until early December! Much like teenagers, the owls don’t clean out their own nests (which they create from regurgitated pellets –...