Grower News and Alerts
USDA Farm Service Agency Disaster Programs Webinar, June 9 at 2pm
On June 9 at 2pm, the USDA Farm Service Agency will be conducting a short webinar on disaster programs that offer assistance to farmers and ranchers. This event is focused for farmers and ranchers in the Amador, Butte, El Dorado, Glenn, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties.
Click here: To Learn more about USDA Farm Service Agency’s Disaster Programs
Smoke sampling info from ETS
Click on the link below to see info from ETS on their smoke exposure sampling services.
Grower Resources for Life After a Frost Event and Vine Replacement Strategies
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Please join us at 6:00pm on May 18 for an in-person meeting and discussion on local resources available for El Dorado County grape growers. The presentation addresses frost with the information also relevant for vineyard recovery after fire damage. |
Frost Recovery Webpage Link Lynn Wunderlich UCCE-Central Sierra
Growers have asked about my recent frost recovery powerpoint presentation. For those of you who missed my talk and are interested, here is a link to my Frost Recovery webpage as a downloadable PDF. You’ll find it at the top of the page here:
Airblast Spray Application and Modeling Conference
May 16-18, 2022
8:00 am-3:00 pm Pacific Time Each Day
Virtual via Zoom
Early bird registration: $15 per day / $45 for all three days. Register before fees increase on March 31!
This is a 3-day conference covering airblast pesticide spray application practices in orchards and vineyards, decision support tools for planning and evaluating spray applications, and drift modeling support for pesticide regulatory practices.
April Meeting
In-Person!
EDWGGA February Grower Meeting
Wednesday, April 20 - 6:00pm
Please join us for special guest speaker
Lynn Wunderlich, Farm Advisor
UC Cooperative Extension - Central Sierra
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EDWGGA December 2021 Grower Meeting
December 15, 2021 - 6:30pm
Please join us for special guest speaker
Noelle Cremers, Wine Institute
Director of Environmental and Regulatory Affairs
New WHIP+ Program Announced
Federal aid assistance will soon be available for wine grape growers who suffered financial losses as a result of wildfires, smoke, drought and other natural disasters in 2020-2021. A new Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+) was recently signed into law and $10 billion will be made available specifically for the wine industry.
Management of Post-Harvest Fruit Still Hanging A Message from Lynn Wunderlich, Farm Advisor UCCE-Central Sierra
Unsold fruit hanging on the vine can be unsightly for many growers but does paying to drop unsold fruit make sense? My colleague Rhonda Smith (UCCE Sonoma, retired) with our UC plant pathologist Akif Eskalen wrote an excellent article addressing this question which may be of interest to you: https://cesonoma.ucanr.edu/viticulture717/Should_You_Drop_Unsold_Fruit/