New & Noteworthy
Speaker Highlight: Grant Cremers
A grower’s perspective on automation in the vineyard: Get insights into your most pressing questions including deciding what to automate, how to manage the transition and expectations, and what autonomous tractor work looks like today.
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Speaker Highlight: Dr. Vaughn Bell
ONLINE COURSE - Dr. Vaughn Bell's doctoral thesis, An Integrated Strategy for Managing Grapevine Leafroll Virus in Red Berry Cultivars in New Zealand Vineyards, included management recommendations that have been communicated to, and widely adopted by, the New Zealand wine sector. This presentation summarizes those discoveries.
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3 Things You Don't Want to Miss at the Sustainable Ag Expo!
The 2024 Sustainable Ag Expo is set to be an unforgettable event, offering a unique blend of educational sessions, exhibitors, and exclusive networking opportunities November 11th - 13th, 2024. Here are three reasons you won't want to miss at this year’s event...
Speaker Highlight: Dr. David Morgan, CDFA
The CDFA’s Pierce’s Disease Control Program is charged with managing vineyard pests and diseases by containing spread, detection, rapid response, outreach, and research. Dr. David Morgan will discuss the sustainable components of each of these activities used to protect our state’s viticulture industry.
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Exciting News!
Outdoor equipment demonstrations are back this year! Come sip local beer as you explore cutting-edge equipment demonstrated by our outdoor exhibitors.
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Meet Our Headliner!
We are thrilled to announce Fritz Westover as the 2024 Sustainable Ag Expo Headline Speaker.
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Speaker Highlight: Dr. Matthew Johnson, Cal Poly Humboldt
This talk highlights how farmers can use nest boxes and natural habitats to harness the potential for barn owls and insect-eating songbirds to help control rodent and insect pests in winegrape vineyards. The talk will include practical recommendations and concludes with next steps, including working in other regions.
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Volunteer Opportunities 2024
Come be our boots on the ground. Donate your time to help us put on the Sustainable Ag Expo and receive an all-access ticket to the two-day event.
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It’s Official: 2024 Sustainable Ag Expo Booths are Sold Out.
Vineyard Team is excited to announce that exhibitor booths for the 2024 Sustainable Ag Expo (Expo) are officially sold out, underscoring the event's standing as a premier gathering for the sustainable winegrowing community.
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Booths are SOLD OUT
Exhibitor booths for the 2024 Sustainable Ag Expo are SOLD OUT. We are working on an amazing program and looking forward to promoting sustainable winegrowing with you all!
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Sustainable Ag Expo Speaker Resources - Day 1
Resources from Day 1 of the Sustainable Ag Expo!
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Sustainable Ag Expo Speaker Resources Day 2
Resources from Day 2 of the Sustainable Ag Expo!
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Sustainable Ag Expo Resources - Online
Resources from Sustainable Ag Expo online courses.
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Add Your License Number to Your Online Account!
Don't forget to add your license number to your account so you can earn CE credit!
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Speaker Spotlight
Don't miss Dr. Andrew McElrone's Expo Session: Myths, Misperceptions and Motivations for Precision Vineyard Management - A Panel Discussion. We’ll look at AI- and sensor-enable yield estimation, precision irrigation and water management from space and all the variable rate management and decision support in between...
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Speaker Spotlight
Making Sense of Sensors: The Future of Vineyard Disease Detection.
This online course details the important characteristics of common light sensors and how they can be used in vineyard disease management as an IPM strategy.
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The Importance of Areawide Controls for Mealybugs and Leafroll – Is This Cost Effective?
In this presentation, Daane will discuss updates on vine mealybug controls, with an emphasis on insecticides, mating disruption and natural enemy releases.
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Don’t miss Emily Symmes’ session at the 2023 Sustainable Ag Expo: Waves of Innovation in Virus Vector Disruption: Where We Stand in the Fight Against Vine Mealybug.
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Get Your Tickets for Our NEW Expo Kick-Off Event!
You don't want to miss our NEW Monday evening event: Lightsabers & Jedi with Terry Bates.
Get your tickets today - space at this unique event is limited!
Don't Miss Dr. Terry Bates at the 2023 Sustainable Ag Expo!
We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Terry Bates as our headline speaker for the Sustainable Ag Expo this year. Listen to Dr. Bates on the Sustainable Winegrowing podcast discuss the three phases of The Efficient Vineyard Project that help growers improve their farming techniques; Measure, Model, and Manage.
ANNOUNCING: Lightsabers & Jedi in the Wine Industry - Special Event
Special Event Discussion on Technology in the Hands of Viticulturists. An intimate conversation with Cornell University’s distinguished researcher on precision viticulture, Dr. Terry Bates. On Monday, November 13, 2023.
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BREAKING NEWS - We Have Our Headliner for the 2023 Sustainable Ag Expo!
We are thrilled to announce Dr. Terry Bates, Director, Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Lab Cornell AgriTech, as our headline speaker this year!
Read MoreVolunteer Opportunities 2023
Come be our boots on the ground. Donate your time to help us put on the Sustainable Ag Expo and receive an all-access ticket to the two-day event.
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Sustainable Ag Expo Announces Speaker Lineup
The 2023 program features viticulture experts from preeminent universities including Cornell University, California Polytechnic State University, and the University of California at Davis.
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Secure Your Booth for the 2023 Sustainable Ag Expo - 75% are already claimed!
Booths at the Sustainable Ag Expo in November are going fast, 75% are already claimed!
Sustainable Ag Expo Spotlights Agricultural Robotics
There have been harvesting robots since the 1970s. Yet, there are still no commercial harvesting robots for most crops in 2022, a UC Davis professor noted last week during his presentation on agricultural robotics at Sustainable Ag Expo and International Sustainable Winegrowing Summit in San Luis Obispo. Robots need to be highly efficient and fast, said UC Davis Prof. Stavros Vougioukas, who researches agricultural robotics. These two factors determine “the economics of robotics,” Vougioukas said Nov. 14.
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Robotics & Electric Vehicles – the Future of Viticulture?
Robotic and electric vehicles are on the minds if not already in the fields of many vineyard farmers. Agricultural operations around the world are realizing the benefits of adopting these emerging technologies; increased safety and efficiency in repetitive tasks and the subsequent ability to reserve the work of human hands for more technical tasks are profoundly impactful on a farming operation.
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