Grower News and Alerts

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

Click on the link below to see info from ETS on their smoke exposure sampling services.

 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:

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.

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

Mid Valley Agricultural Services is scheduled to resume their annual Foothill Grape Meeting on Tuesday, March 1. Due to the on-going COVID situation, please watch for any updates or changes to the meeting.

December 15, 2021 - 6:30pm

Please join us for special guest speaker
Noelle Cremers, Wine Institute
Director of Environmental and Regulatory Affairs
 

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.