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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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Speaker Spotlight
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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Speaker Spotlight
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!
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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.
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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!
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Volunteer 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!
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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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2022 Exhibitor Instructions
We are readily approaching the 2022 Sustainable Ag Expo and want to thank you for being an exhibitor. To ensure you have a smooth experience, please review the exhibitor instructions, deadlines, and detailed information below.
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Volunteer Opportunities 2022
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 three-day event.
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Speaker Highlight: Dr. Pam Marrone
Dr. Marrone is a featured presenter at the 2022 Sustainable Ag Expo. Her talk is titled "Biologicals for pest management and plant health – the latest on the market, new developments and grower adoption."
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Speaker Highlight: Dr Akif Eskalen
Dr. Eskalen is a Professor of Cooperative Extension in the plant pathology department at UC Davis. He is a featured presenter at the 2022 Sustainable Ag Expo. He will dive into the identification, biology, epidemiology, and new management strategies for grapevine trunk diseases (GTD), including pruning wound protection trials that his lab has been running for the last few years.
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2022 Program Announcement
We are bringing together over 30 of the world's top viticulture experts and experienced growers. Our topics range from Managing Grape Powdery Mildew & Botrytis Bunch Rot to The State of the Vineyard Real Estate Market.
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Limited Exhibitor Space Available
We are almost sold out! Would your business benefit from an exhibitor space at the premier event for sustainable wine-growing? The 2022 Sustainable Ag Expo is just a few months away! It will take place November 14 - 16 at the Madonna Inn Expo Center in San Luis Obispo. We only have a few exhibitor spaces left. Renew your Vineyard Team Business Membership now to save your exhibitor space.
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Session Highlight: Dr. Marc Fuchs Provides Updates on Red Blotch Disease
This presentation will address the latest on transmission biology of red blotch virus by the three-cornered alfalfa hopper. It will also address the latest on red blotch disease spread in vineyards and red blotch disease ecology in vineyard ecosystems.
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Registration is Now Open!
We're back in person, registration is now open. Looking for the latest viticulture and technology from the world's top experts? The 2022 Sustainable Ag Expo runs from November 14-16 and brings together researchers and growers so you can earn continuing education hours and improve your business all while connecting with peers and agriculture companies.