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WSU Grape Cold Hardiness Program By Markus Keller, WSU Prosser The ‘Thanksgiving freeze’ on November 24, 2010, caused damage to buds and vines that varied widely among varieties and vineyard […]

2011 Year in Review: Where was Summer? By Michelle Moyer WSU Prosser If grape production was easy, we wouldn’t define wine by the vintage. This year presented WA viticulturists with […]

2011 Overview: The Silver Lining in Summer Clouds By Michelle Moyer (Viticulture); Federico Casassa, PhD Candidate, and Jim Harberston (Enology), WSU Prosser From the Vineyard As the AgWeatherNet reports roll […]

Dormant Lime Sulfur in Vineyard Management By Michelle Moyer and David James, WSU Prosser When it comes to pest management, there are many decisions that need to be balanced against […]

Biological Control Enhanced by Native Plants By David James, WSU Prosser For the past two seasons, entomologists at WSU-IAREC, with support from the Washington wine grape industry, Western Sustainable Agriculture, […]

Mites and Microscopes: Inmates Helping with IPM By David James, WSU Prosser At the turn of the 21st century, when most people were concerned about ‘Y2K bugs’, Washington grape growers […]

Understanding Washington Grapevine Quarantines By Michelle Moyer, WSU Prosser Washington has several unique factors that truly make it the perfect climate for wine. Low rainfall east of the Cascades allows […]

Double Pruning to Prevent Trunk Diseases in Washington By Jonathan Kaplan, CSU-Sacramento, Renaud Travadon, UC-Davis, Kendra Baumgartner, USDA-ARS-Davis, CA Trunk diseases (aka, wood-canker diseases) present a serious challenge to vineyard […]

Winter Injury to Vine Phloem By Michelle Moyer, WSU Prosser Winter injury to grapevines in the Pacific Northwest is nothing new. While the region has not suffered from the deep […]

AgWeatherNet Updates By Nic Loyd, Meteorologist, WSU AgWeatherNet The summer of 2015 quickly relieved 2014 of its title as warmest on record in central Washington. Prosser was 3.7 degrees above […]