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Randy Kazarian Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
The San Joaquin Valley Winegrowers Association in central California bestowed its 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award on grower/inventor Randy Kazarian. He will be presented with the award on Nov. 13 at the Fresno Ag Expo, hosted by Malcolm Media. Kazarian started working on his parents’ farm as a child. His parents gave him as much responsibility […]
Grape Industry
Randy Kazarian Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
The San Joaquin Valley Winegrowers Association in central California bestowed its 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award on grower/inventor Randy Kazarian. He will be presented with the award on Nov. 13 at the Fresno Ag Expo, hosted by Malcolm Media. Kazarian started working on his parents’ farm as a child. His parents gave him as much responsibility […]
Grape Industry
Randy Kazarian Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
The San Joaquin Valley Winegrowers Association in central California bestowed its 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award on grower/inventor Randy Kazarian. He will be presented with the award on Nov. 13 at the Fresno Ag Expo, hosted by Malcolm Media. Kazarian started working on his parents’ farm as a child. His parents gave him as much responsibility […]
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Warm, dry conditions dominated the weather in California’s central valley during September, providing good support for the 2026 harvest. Daily maximum temperatures ranged predominately between mid-80’s and mid-90’s with highest readings report throughout the valley on Sept. 10 at just over 100 degrees. Meanwhile, morning lows ranged predominately from the lower 50’s with highest values …
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Fairer Weather Brings Better Harvesting Conditions for Almonds
Warm, dry conditions dominated the weather in California’s central valley during September, providing good support for the 2026 harvest. Daily maximum temperatures ranged predominately between mid-80’s and mid-90’s with highest readings report throughout the valley on Sept. 10 at just over 100 degrees. Meanwhile, morning lows ranged predominately from the lower 50’s with highest values …
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Grape Industry
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Making Smoke-Tainted Wine More Appealing
ARS researchers are helping U.S. wine growers better manage their grapes after wildfire events. Wildfire smoke damages wine grape quality and costs the U.S. wine industry hundreds of millions of dollars per wildfire event. Volatile phenols carried in the smoke are absorbed by grapes and can be released by typical wine fermentation processes. Wines damaged …
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Grape Industry
Making Smoke-Tainted Wine More Appealing
ARS researchers are helping U.S. wine growers better manage their grapes after wildfire events. Wildfire smoke damages wine grape quality and costs the U.S. wine industry hundreds of millions of dollars per wildfire event. Volatile phenols carried in the smoke are absorbed by grapes and can be released by typical wine fermentation processes. Wines damaged …
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Newsom Vetoes AB 2253
Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed AB 2253, that would have made the recycling of materials more difficult and costly for California’s food and ag industries. Western United Dairies joined a broad coalition of agricultural and food organizations urging the Governor to veto the bill. The coalition raised concerns that AB 2253 would restrict legitimate recycling […]
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Newsom Vetoes AB 2253
Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed AB 2253, that would have made the recycling of materials more difficult and costly for California’s food and ag industries. Western United Dairies joined a broad coalition of agricultural and food organizations urging the Governor to veto the bill. The coalition raised concerns that AB 2253 would restrict legitimate recycling […]
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Natural Remedies for Pest Control
ARS researchers have developed new pest control methods for America’s farmers. Sulfur dioxide (SO2) has a long history of being used as a natural pest control in the past but is rarely used presently for postharvest pest control. Over the past several years, ARS researchers in Salinas, CA, have successfully developed SO2 fumigation treatments to […]
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