Sustainable Winegrowing

Integrated Pest Management means many things to many people. In this excerpt from the 2016 Sustainable Ag Expo, Dr. Pete Goodell, Cooperative Extension Advisor with the University of California, reviews the history of IPM and what is IPM as a philosophy and practice.

• NRCS Service Centers in California
• Putting the I Back Into IPM | Pete Goodell (Podcast)
• Putting the I Back in IPM Presentation | Pete Goodell
• Sustainable Ag Expo
• UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program

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This podcast is an excerpt of the talk Dr. Kent Daane delivered at the 2017 Sustainable Ag Expo. Although Dr. Daane has laboratories on the Berkeley Campus and at the Kearney Ag Center in Parlier, much of his work is conducted in the vineyard. Recognized as one of the foremost experts in California on this controlling mealybug vectors of grapevine viruses, he shares the findings from some of his most recent research from the field.

• IPM Control of Vine Mealybug | Greg Pennyroyal, Vineyard Manager at Wilson Creek Winery (Podcast)
• Kent Daane | UC Berkeley Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
• Sustainable Ag Expo
• Sustainable and Organic Control of Vine Mealybug in Vineyards: Two Growers, Two Approaches
• Vine Mealybug: What You Should Know | UC Agriculture & Natural Resources Publication

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Dr. Justine Vanden Heuvel, Associate Professor of Viticulture at Cornell University, describes how controlling vine vigor is difficult in regions with high organic matter soils and plentiful summer rain. Growing certain cover crops in the vine row can devigorate vines by as much as 30%. Others do not devigorate vines, but do keep soil in place. In vineyards on slopes under-vine cover crops can reduce or eliminate the need for herbicide applications preventing the off-site movement of soil, pesticides, and nutrients.

• 10: Vineyard Weed Management |Grant Cremers (Podcast)
• 18: Next Steps in Grape Sampling |Justine Vanden Houvel (Podcast)
• Floor Management for Soil Health |Dr. Craig Macmillan
• Impact of Under-Trellis Cover Crops
• Justine Vanden Heuvel's web page

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Paul Crout is a licensed Pest Control Advisor and Certified Crop Advisor with over 15 years of experience in managing multiple crops including winegrapes. Paul explains why keeping records of water and Nitrogen use in the vineyard is important and how to use that information to best manage your crop.

• Best Management Practices for Nitrogen Fertilization of Grapevines | Bill Peacock and Donna Hirschfelt
• Example Calculations Using a Fertilizer Label (Video)
• Paul Crout | Vineyard Professional Services
• SIP Certified Chapter 11 Standards | Year-end Water and Nitrogen Use Report

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Chandra Krintz, Ph.D., Professor of Computer Science, University of California Santa Barbara talks about the SmartFarm vision to bring the same kinds of data analytics and prediction systems that are working well in other sectors of the economy to agriculture. Data from sensors and devices can be coupled with historical data to make more informed farming decisions by considering many variables at once.

• 13: High Tech Tools in the Vineyard Episode | Doug Beck (Podcast)
• Dr. Krintz's UCSB webpage
• SustainableAgExpo.org
• Sustainable Ag Expo 2016: Smart Farms with Dr. Bo Liu (Video)
• UCSB SmartFarm Project

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Many factors influence the number of people coming to the U.S. to work including the cost and danger of crossing the border and improved economic conditions in Mexico. Dr. Philip Martin, Ph.D. Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics- UC Davis, discusses some of the reasons there are not enough workers to meet the demand for farm laborers in California.

• Immigration and Farm Labor - Dr. Phillip Martin, (Video from 2016 Sustainable Ag Expo)
• President Trump and U.S. Migration after 100 Days - Martin
• Wages rise on California farms. Americans still don't want the job - Natalie Kitroeff and Geoffrey Mohan

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Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) is a grant program of the U.S.D.A. to find solutions to problems identified by growers. By providing funding to growers for original research, demonstrations, and other projects new sustainable innovations are discovered and promoted. Western SARE Communications Manager Stacie Clary discusses the program and some of its many successes.

• 20: Dr. Mark Fuchs | Red Blotch Virus in Grapevines (podcast)
• Conventional vs. GMO-free Broilers Video
• Sustainable Ag Expo
• Western SARE website
• Western SARE Learning Center

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Dr. Marc Fuchs researches the biology and ecology of the Grapevine Red Blotch associated Virus. His work investigates the transmission and spread of the virus, its possible vectors, how the virus affects vines, and optimal management strategies.

• A Long and Winding Road: The Discovery of the Red Leaf
• A Long and Winding Road: The Discovery of the Red Leaf Viruses, the Leaf Rolls and Red Blotch - Deborah Golino, Sustainable Ag Expo 2015 Presentation
• A Short History of Red Blotch Disease Episode 3
• Grapevine Red Blotch-associated Virus Fact Sheet
• Grapevine Trunk Diseases and Red Blotch Virus Management Episode 4
• Sustainable Ag Expo

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The California Department of Food and Agriculture appropriated funds to develop and administer a new incentive and demonstration program from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. The objective of this new Healthy Soils Program is to build soil carbon and reduce agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

• CDFA's Healthy Soils Program
• CalCAN
• COMET-Planner- GHG reduction and carbon sequestration calculator
• PowerPoint slides from Jenny Lester Moffitt's talk at the 2016 Sustainable Ag Expo

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NDVI imagery is analyzed by software which tells the grower where to go in the vineyard to take samples that will best represent the ripeness of the crop. This method could save tremendous amounts of time and generates much smaller samples for processing.

• Video of Dr. Vanden Heuvel explaining the project
• Justine Vanden Heuvel's web page

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