Dear all: A reminder that March 15th (next Friday) is the deadline for submitting your “application” to host a UGA Winegrowers intern this summer. To those growers that have “applied” already – thank you. For more information, please visit the link to the original post here: https://site.extension.uga.edu/viticulture/2019/02/seeking-winegrowers-of-georgia-internship-program-hosts/
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Hello to all. Captan is currently under review by EPA. For those of you with interest in this fungicide and its continued use for grapes, please respond with comments to EPA via the link below. Also, forward to other producers and other researchers outside Georgia and the Southeast who should…
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The 2019 Georgia Wine Producers Conference takes place on February 4th and 5th at Chateau Elan in Braselton GA. A wine tasting reception will be held on the evening of the 4th and the conference and education sessions will occur all day on the 5th. We bave some great out-of-state speakers…
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I was asked to share this story and video. Please read and view if interested. Growing Georgia Wine The University of Georgia’s Division of Marketing and Communications approached us this past fall to put this together. Nick, Leigh, and their colleagues did a fine job promoting and documenting what our…
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Please mark your calendars to join us for one or both of the following viticulture/enology-focused conferences in Georgia. Details and agendas for both will be posted to this site soon. Stay tuned. December 11 and 12: UGA/NC State New Grape Grower’s Workshops. Speakers will include UGA faculty and extension…
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This article (see link) reviews the state of grape downy mildew resistance in Georgia as of the close of the 2018 season. Field failures when using strobilurin (QoI) fungicides have been confirmed in Georgia for both research and multiple commercial vineyard sites. Of major import, efficacy of several downy mildew…
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Dear Farming Community, In the following, we have compiled some information for those of you who experienced damages to their farm due to Hurricane Florence. Our aim is it to assist affected counties and growers as good as possible in the coming weeks and months with information and direct assistance on: The…
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Dear Grape Community, Hurricane Florence predicted path shifted southwards. The storm is predicted to move along I 95 towards South Carolina and then inland. The Coastal Planes will be affected in the next 24 hours by high winds and heavy rain falls. The Moutains can expect heavy rain falls…
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https://grapes.ces.ncsu.edu/2018/09/hurricane-florence-warning/ Please click the link for updates (9/11/2018) on hurricane Florence. Feel free to contact me any time, Thanks, Mark
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Pierce’s disease (PD), caused by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, is quite prevalent in many locations this year. The cold winter this last year has not made up for the two previous warm winters, so the bacterium has survived and prospered over the last 2-3 years. Unfortunately, once vines are infected…
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