Dry farming, a technique employed in Northern California, the Central Coast, and parts of the Central Valley, relies only on annual rainfall rather than irrigation for a crop’s moisture needs.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Pierce’s Disease/Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Board has been funding research efforts to impart that same trait to winegrape vines.
This cost of production calculator offers an easier, faster way to identify and update production expenses, compare costs of different methods of growing grapes, and keep financial records rather than using printed forms and hand calculations.
