Clarksburg Wine Grower Meeting set for March 5
Mar 3, 2009 10:03 AM
When: Thursday, March 5, 2009
9:00 a.m. to noon
Where: Jean Harvie Senior and Community Center
14273 River Road, Walnut Grove Calif., 95690
(Stay on River Rd. to south end of Walnut Grove; The Community Center is on the left.)
(a wheelchair accessible facility)
Sponsors:
• UC Cooperative Extension – Sacramento, Yolo, & Solano Counties
• Clarksburg Wine Growers & Vintners Association
Program:
8:30 a.m. - Sign-in
Pastries provided courtesy of Sacramento Valley Farm Credit
9:00 - Welcome
Tim Waits – President of Clarksburg Wine Growers Association
9:05 - Contracting to deliver grapes and get paid
Dale Stern – Stern, Van Vleck & McCarron, LLP, Sacramento
9:45 - Saving labor and material costs in pest management
Chris Storm – Vino Farms, Lodi
10:10 - Break
10:40 - Vineyard mechanization with an emphasis on fruit and wine quality
Craig Ledbetter – Vino Farms, Lodi
Lance Vande Hoef – Pellenc America Inc., Santa Rosa
11:30 - District 17’s position in California’s wine industry
Jeff Bitter – Allied Grape Growers, Fresno
12:15 - Luncheon – Courtesy of AGRO Crop Insurance
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