The UC Cooperative Extension is pleased to introduce one of their newest Viticulture Farm Advisors, Joy Hollingsworth, who will be serving primarily table grape growers in Tulare and Kings Counties. Watch this video interview to get to know Joy, her history, and the research and extension she is currently focusing on. Joy can be reached at 559-684-3313 or joyhollingsworth@ucanr.edu.
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With grapevine red blotch disease widespread across the west, what’s a grower to do with a young or old vineyard that contracts this disease? How does it impact grape yield and quality and are there ways to mitigate the detrimental effects of this disease? Watch this brief interview with the new UCCE San Joaquin County Viticulture Advisor Justin Tanner to find out.
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While the wine grape industry is a few steps ahead in vineyard mechanization, the table grape industry has made some recent advancements in options for mechanized pruning that can help growers save on labor costs and speed up what can be a tedious process of winter pruning. Watch this brief interview with Kern County UCCE Viticulture Farm Advisor Tian Tian to learn more, and be sure to read the new Table Grape Tasks column in American Vineyard Magazine.
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