by Lodi Growers | Dec 20, 2021 | Blog
MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2021. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Given the demands and complexity of vineyard management, it is easy to become lost in the day-to-day details of specific tasks and forget the reasons for our efforts. This is often the case for vineyard soil...
by Lodi Growers | Mar 30, 2020 | Blog
MARCH 30, 2020. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Remote sensing is the process of acquiring information about something without contacting it. In agriculture, remote sensing usually refers to passive sensing in the air of reflected radiation from the earth’s...
by Lodi Growers | Feb 11, 2019 | Blog
FEBRUARY 11, 2019. BY STAN GRANT. Effective resource use is the cornerstone of sustainable winegrowing. And when it comes to vineyard management decisions involving resources, be they resources residing at the site or applied resources, there are three basic aspects...
by Lodi Growers | Nov 29, 2018 | Blog
NOVEMBER 29, 2018. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. To kick off 2018’s National Zinfandel Day week, this past November 14, over 100 winemakers and growers came together from both inside and outside the Lodi AVA for a Technical Workshop co-sponsored by the Lodi Winegrape...
by Lodi Growers | Nov 26, 2018 | Blog
NOVEMBER 26, 2018. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Although grapevines have the potential to live for many decades, most vineyards have a productive lifetime limited by pests, diseases, and other factors. When farming costs regularly exceed grape revenues due to...
by Guest Contributor | Feb 22, 2018 | Blog
FEBRUARY 22, 2018. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Management actions have two essential performance attributes – effectiveness and efficiency. To achieve maximum effectiveness or impact, one must do the proper thing at the right time. To achieve maximum...
by Lodi Growers | Sep 1, 2016
Managing Trunk Diseases in Lodi Vineyards May 29, 2014: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Breakfast Meeting Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys), Chuck Ingels: Presentation slides Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: Potential for Biological Control, Charlie...