Latest NASS weather, crop report for California 

Nov 12, 2008

Last week (Nov. 3) was wet over the state of California....

Fresno state 2008 Nouveau wine release Nov. 20 

Nov 5, 2008

The Fresno State Winery will open its doors to the community from 5:30 to 8 p.m., Nov. 20, to celebrate Le Vin Nouveau, the release of its first wines of the 2008 vintage - two Nouveau-style wines and the Vin D'une Nuit....

New DOV raisin production system offers considerable promise 

Nov 4, 2008,

By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff

It was a cool, cloudy and overcast Saturday morning with rain showers in California’s Central San Joaquin Valley....

Napa Valley Viticultural Fair set for Nov. 5 

Oct 30, 2008

Mark your calendars for the Napa Valley Viticultural Fair at the Napa Valley Exposition....

California crop update and weather summary 

Oct 30, 2008

A strong high pressure system with very little movement lingered over the Northern California region, bringing unseasonably dry and warm weather across the state, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) in Sacramento, Calif....

NASS update on California crops 

Oct 17, 2008

The National Agricultural Statistics Service released its latest crop update on Oct. 14....

California crop production forecast for October 

Oct 14, 2008

The National Agricultural Statistics Service has released its crop production forecast for October....

Maximizing technology a successful path for Piña Vineyard Management 

Oct 7, 2008,

By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff

John Piña, Jr. launched his Piña Vineyard Management Co. in 1960 in California’s Napa Valley with a pickup truck and a single telephone in the kitchen....

Managing grapevine canker diseases 

Oct 3, 2008,

By Stephen Vasquez and George Leavitt
University of California Cooperative Extension

As harvest begins to wind down, growers are starting to decide whether their canker infected vineyards are financially fruitful....

Post-harvest vine mealybug treatments evaluated in Kern County table grapes 

Sep 15, 2008,

By David Haviland
Farm Advisor
And Jennifer Hashim-Buckey
Viticulture Farm Advisor
UCCE Kern County

During the past few years there has been a lot of debate over the value of post-harvest treatments for vine mealybug in table grapes. ...

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