by Lodi Growers | Mar 19, 2024 | Videos, Presentations, & Handouts
In Lodi, there are native gray ants and pavement ants facilitating the survival and spread of the vine mealybug, which vectors leafroll virus and vitiviruses. By reducing these ant populations in our vineyards, we can reduce the mealybug populations and slow the...
by Lodi Growers | Mar 19, 2024 | Videos, Presentations, & Handouts
The Lodi District Chamber of Commerce‘s Agribusiness Committee, in collaboration with the University of California Cooperative Extension, held the 72nd Annual Lodi Grape Day on Tuesday, February 6th, at Hutchins Street Square. This annual symposium brings together...
by Lodi Growers | Feb 12, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2024. BY LOTTIE DAWSON. Soil health is a constant worry for anyone whose business relies upon crop yields to survive. While we benefit from fantastic growing capabilities across the Lodi area and our grapes are of exceptional quality, there are...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 22, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2024. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. You are invited to join us for this year’s Unified Wine & Grape Symposium in Sacramento from January 23-25, 2024. Unified is presented by the American Society for Enology &...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 15, 2024 | Blog, Vineyards
JANUARY 15, 2024. BY LODI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The Lodi District Chamber of Commerce’s Agribusiness Committee, in collaboration with the University of California Cooperative Extension, is proud to announce the much anticipated 72nd Annual Lodi Grape Day event,...
by Lodi Growers | Jan 1, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 2024. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Continued from GRAPEVINE CANOPY MANAGEMENT REVISITED PART 1 Direct Canopy Management – Configuration Direct canopy management is canopy management by intervention. It takes two forms. The first, which is...
by Lodi Growers | Dec 25, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2023. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. There was a time when grape growers gave little thought to grapevine foliage beyond keeping it out of the way of machinery and controlling pests and diseases. Accordingly, hedging the apical ends of shoots and...
by Lodi Growers | Nov 20, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2023. BY KATHY GRANT, WATERSHED PROGRAM COORDINATOR. The Mokelumne Fish Hatchery released monitoring data on November 7, 2023, showing the highest recorded number of Chinook salmon returning to the hatchery since record-keeping began in 1940....
by Lodi Growers | Nov 13, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2023. BY THE VINEYARD TEAM. November 2, 2023 203: Get the Latest Viticulture Research from 30 Experts https://lodigrowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2023-11-02_203_Cliff_Ohmart_Get_the_Latest_Viticulture_Research_from_30_Experts.mp3 If...
by Lodi Growers | Nov 6, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2023. BY VINCE ARELLANO, CDFA. Featured Image: Credit – Florida Division of Plant Industry Archive, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org The oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, is an invasive exotic fruit...
by Lodi Growers | Oct 30, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2023. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Early 1900s photograph of Woock Vineyard—consisting of furrow-irrigated Flame Tokay, Zinfandel, and Alicante Bouschet—owned and farmed by one of Lodi’s leading German-Russian families. Courtesy...
by Lodi Growers | Oct 23, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2023. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured Image: Vermentino regeneratively grown by Vino Farms in Lodi’s Clements Hills AVA for AVIVO Wines. Ridgely Evers—called “Ridge” by friends, family, and colleagues—is excited by the two latest...
by Lodi Growers | Oct 16, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2023. BY SONYA MILLER, DISTRICT CONSERVATIONIST, USDA NRCS. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in California announces Fiscal Year 2024 (October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024) federal assistance opportunities for...
by Lodi Growers | Oct 9, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2023. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. New Video Series Highlights What Sets The Lodi Region Apart The Lodi Winegrape Commission just unveiled a new, grower-focused video series named “A Rising Tide.” Two years in the making, the eight-part video...
by Lodi Growers | Oct 2, 2023 | Blog
MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2023. BY ROLAND RIESEN, PhD, CHAIRMAN OF IVES. Why – the vision High-quality scientific research and the dissemination of its results are crucial to help advance knowledge in any industry or service. Typically, research results are published in...
