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The impact of the frost was also mixed for Lake County wine grape growers....
Wine grapes suffered major frost damage in some areas of the state, but damage varied from one area to another and one vineyard to the next....
Vine mealybugs (VMB) are stirring about on the California central coast, according to Monica Cooper, staff research associate, UC Berkeley. ...
A late April cold snap that hit much of the California’s coastal and interior valleys took a toll on table grapes. ...
Grape growers should be focused on more nutrients than NPK, according to specialists within the industry. ...
Disease and pests are not yet much of a problem in the northern grape growing reaches. Temperatures are still the key concern as spring progresses....
Spring may have sprung officially a month ago, but Coastal growers are still casting a wary eye on winter weather popping up here and there....
Early-season raisin grape bunch indicate an average crop for 2008, according to Glen Goto, CEO of the Raisin Bargaining Association (RBA) in Fresno, Calif....
Regardless of what part of the state a grape is grown in, the water situation is a huge question, says Gary Roberts, PCA with Wilbur-Ellis at Manteca, Calif....
Growers may be finally getting a break after years of suffering through a weak economic market for grapes....
Growers venturing into the winery business should be vigilant in complying with regulations, according to Cyndee Smolik and Nancy Headland, partners in Uncorked Compliance at Paso Robles. ...
“Grapevines are growing well, thanks to the unseasonably warm weather we’ve had for the month of March,” says Jennifer Hashim-Buckey, UC Cooperative Extension Kern County farm advisor at Bakersfield. ...
With spring coming fast, growers need three eyes —should one to watch the thermometer, another to observe the sky, and a third to monitor the crop for potential disease problems....
Weed control in a high value crop such as wine grapes is still relatively inexpensive when the overall production system is considered, according to Karen Klonsky, agricultural and resource economics specialist, UC Davis. ...
As labor becomes increasingly scarce, growers keep looking for new ways to mechanize vineyard operations. Mechanical grape harvesters are widely used, and now growers and vineyard managers are evaluating other mechanized practices....
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