Vineyard News, Upcoming Meetings and Important Documents
Tremain Hatch
Good Afternoon Growers,
Here is a list of news, upcoming meetings and industry documents that you may find helpful.
Meetings
14 July 2022, 1 pm
Virginia Tech Virtual Meeting – Extension updates from Dr. Beth Chang, Dana Acimovic, Dr. Mizuho Nita, and Tremain Hatch
Time: Jul 14, 2022 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/83739471494
Meeting ID: 837 3947 1494
1 August 2022, 5:30-8:30 pm
Pest Management Workshop at King Family Vineyards
This program will be mostly in-vineyard with a very brief in-classroom session, so come prepared to be outside, rain or shine. Topics include pesticide safety, Spotted Lanternfly and Tree of Heaven Management.
We will be offering Private Pesticide recertification credit and Spanish translation. This program is FREE if you preregister or $10 cash/check at the “gate”. Please pre-register! An email to registrants will be sent within a week of the program to tell you details like parking, agenda, where to meet in the vineyard, and information to bring along for private recert credit. Email or call Grace Monger mailto:gimo...@vt.edu (VCE Nelson Co.) call the Nelson office (434 263 7180) to register. Flier attached to this message.
News and Updates
Dr. Mizuho Nita’s blog has updates on disease management in Vineyards. https://ext.grapepathology.org/grape-disease-risk-summary-6-29-7-6-2022-and-an-online- meeting-on-the-14th-thursday-from-1-pm
Dr. Doug Pfeiffer’s blog has important updates about Spotted Lanternfly around the state.
Important Industry Documents
The Commercial Grape Report is available from VirginiaWine.org
The latest Economic Impact of the Virginia Wine Industry is also available from Virginiawine.org
https://www.virginiawine.org/resources
Thank you,
Tremain Hatch