It’s no coincidence that more than half the full-time vineyard workers at McManis Family Vineyards have been with the company for 20-plus years.Read More
VinSense LLC has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to fund expansion of a software program that helps growers make irrigation and other vineyard management decisions based on climate, weather, soil variation, and other factors.
Grape growers in Pennsylvania’s Lake Erie basin are being invited to participate in a new program called VinES (Vested In Environmental Sustainability). The goal of the program is to reduce pollution into Lake Erie while increasing growers’ profitability.
Trunk disease can be avoided with proper preventative measures. It may require an investment of time and money upfront, but you’ll save on replanting costs in the long run.
This is the third year in a row with more than 110 million boxes of California table grapes shipped, and a record-breaking year in terms of crop value.
The relaunched Sonoma County Grape Growers Foundation will help connect agricultural workers with resources and support to improve their lives in the community.
The launch of the Northern Grapes Project in 2011 has helped grow an industry and create demand for cold-hardy hybrid wines. Now central Oregon’s Faith, Hope and Charity Vineyards is cashing in.
California vineyards and wineries are working to preserve the land and their businesses for future generations as part of the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance Sustainable Winegrowing Program.
Spraying vineyard edges can provide greater control at a lesser cost. Researchers are working to make cost-effective, vineyard-specific edge-spraying equipment commercially available.
After two consecutive freezing winters, the mild winter of 2015-2016 was a welcome change. But, the unseasonably warm temperatures could potentially pose some risks to grapevines in the Northeast and Midwest.
Pierce’s disease hit hard in California’s Sonoma and Napa counties this past year. According to Rhonda Smith, University of California Cooperative Extension viticulture farm advisor, even sites that are typical “hot spots” for the disease lost hundreds of vines more than they have in past years.
