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FUNGICIDE RESISTANCE IN GRAPE PATHOGENS – A FRAME UPDATE
MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2025. BY MICHELLE MOYER, WSU & MONICA COOPER, UCCE. The FRAME (Fungicide Resistance Assessment, Mitigation and Extension) team is back at it! After completing our first project in 2023, that saw five years of grape powdery mildew FRAC 11...
2026 NUFFIELD SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!
MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2025. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD & NUFFIELD USA. Nuffield Farming Scholars like those pictured above from the USA, Brazil, Australia, England, Netherlands and Ireland inspire people to make a difference in the world of agriculture. With a...
CAWG ANNOUNCES AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE RECIPIENTS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2025. BY CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF WINEGRAPE GROWERS. CAWG Announces 2026 Awards of Excellence Recipients Jackson Family Wines named Grower of the Year; Stuart Spencer named Leader of the Year The California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG)...
SLEWS PROGRAM NEEDS VOLUNTEER MENTORS IN LODI AVA
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2025. BY SLEWS PROGRAM, CENTER FOR LAND BASED LEARNING. The Center for Land Based Learning's SLEWS Program is now recruiting volunteer mentors for the 2025–2026 school year! Mentors should be working or have experience in agriculture or natural...
CONGRATS TO SAN JOAQUIN CO. AG HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2025. BY STOCKTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Featured image above: Inductees Rodney and Gayla Schatz enjoying the fruits of their labor. Photo by Randy Caparoso. 2025 San Joaquin County Agricultural Hall of Fame Inductees to be Honored October 16,...
AN AGRITOURISM TEST RUN: AIRBnB EXPERIENCES
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2025. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Featured image: The author enjoying a you-pick flower farm experience at Michael David. Photo by Randy Caparoso. There is no doubt that we need to create more ways for farmers and...
HOW CHEAP IMPORTS UNDERMINE CALIFORNIA WINEGROWERS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2025. BY STUART SPENCER, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Earlier this month, I was invited back on California Insider to share the grower’s perspective on the state of California’s wine industry. You can find the interview linked HERE and below. I...
IT’S TIME FOR THE LODI GRAPE FESTIVAL
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2025. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Featured image above: 1936 Lodi Grape Festival, a three-day harvest festival kicking off under the city's historic Mission Arch. Ralph Lea, Lodi Historic Society. Once every year during...
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