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Grape Fieldman’s Breakfast
August 7, 2014 @ 7:30 am - 9:00 am
Join us the first Thursday of each month at 7:30 a.m.
Café Villa ~ 602 7th Street ~ Prosser, WA
Grape Fieldman’s Breakfast: A gathering of growers, consultants, and scientists to share information and ideas.
2014 Schedule
March 6, 2014
Enrique Proano, a graduate student with Dr. Joan Davenport, will discuss if soil is the root of Concord replant disorder.
April 3, 2014
Hemant Gohil, Viticulture Tech Transfer Specialist at WSU-IAREC, will discuss how soil moisture or lack of will affect bud break and early season growth.
May 1, 2014
Brittany Komm, a WSU graduate student with Dr. Michelle Moyer, will present research results testing the impact of early season leaf removal upon diseases and canopy.
June 5, 2014
Hemant Gohil, a technology transfer specialist at WSU-IAREC, will discuss the evaluation of machine-applied heat to ‘Syrah’ and ‘Merlot’.
July 3, 2014
CANCELLED
August 7, 2014
Katie Buckley, a WSU graduate student with Dr. David James, will discuss methods for native habitat restoration to attract beneficial insects into vineyards.
September 4, 2014
Lynn Mills with WSU-IAREC will discuss if crop load affects cold hardiness and the WSU cold hardiness program.
October
CANCELLED DUE TO HARVEST
November 6, 2014
Dr. Michelle Moyer, viticulture Extension specialist with WSU, will present on the IPM Manual and the Concord Sustainability Report card.
Anyone attending this program that requires auxiliary aids or other services, please contact Gwen Hoheisel at 509-786-5609 or by email at ghoheisel@wsu.edu .Cooperating agencies: Washington State University, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Benton County