If You Need Help: HURRICANE AFTERMATH
Dear Farming Community, In the following, we have compiled some information for those of you who experienced damages to their …
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Hurricane Florence Update for Grape Growers (9/12/18)
Dear Grape Community, Many have contacted me two days ago and asked me to give a new weather update on …
Hurricane Florence Warning for Grape Growers
Dear Grape Community, Many of you have asked me over the last few days what to do to prepare for …
Muscadine Eastern Extension Team Building and Education: Presentations From the Meeting
Dear Muscadine Grape Community, Last week on Tuesday, August 14, 2018, we had our first education and Extension team-building effort …
Vinifera Extension Team and Presentations From Meeting in Dobson, NC
Dear Grape Community, Last week on Monday, August 6, 2018, we had our first education and Extension team-building effort at Surry …
Update on Muscadine Extension Meeting: AUGUST 14, Lu Mil Vineyards
Dear colleagues and friends, I am very happy to announce the first our first Muscadine Extension Team Building effort for …
Update on First Bunch Grape Extension Meeting: Change of Address
Dear Friends, Due to the overwhelming interest in this meeting, we decided to move the location: We will hold the meeting …
AWIS Weather Update: Get Ready for Bud-Break
Dear all, When Dr. Cain Hickey, Eric Case and I were setting up a field trial at Brunshirt Vineyards in …
5-Day Weather Update
Dear all, When I visited a grower today in the Murphy, NC area, I saw that the buds on his …
AWIS Weather Forecast: Expect an Early Bud Break. Time to Prune!
Dear all, Temperatures and precipitation are predicted to be above average over the coming week (see fig. 1 and 2). …
Upcoming Grape Events This Year
Dear all! Here a list of upcoming grape events this year! Feb 21: Muscadine Pruning and Production workshop for Master Gardener …
NC Muscadine Association Membership
Dear all, The former president of the NC Muscadine Grape Association, Whit Jones, has approached me with the request to …
Muscadine Grower Survey
Dear Muscadine Grower Community, Thank you again for having me on last Saturdays’ meeting. I have enjoyed it a lot …
NPR Promoted Muscadine Story! Please Share!
Good afternoon, a few months ago, Tanya Ballard-Brown, a North Carolina native who now works for NPR in Washington, approached …
Annual Conference Muscadine Grape Association Jan.20
The Annual Conference of the North Carolina Muscadine Grape Association is on January 20 Lu Mil Vineyard 438 Suggs-Taylor Road Elizabethtown, NC 28337 For …
2018 Georgia Wine Producers Annual Conference
Good afternoon, Dr. Cain Hickey from Georgia approached me several days back with the request to share the information of …
Hurricane Irma: Crisis Map
Dear all, please click on the following link to get short-term updates on weather warnings: Google Crisis Map Stay …
Hurricane Irma: Forecast for Counties
We all send out our prayers and thoughts to our friends in Florida, many of who are currently already …
Spotted Wing Drosophila Monitoring Report June 29, 2016
We have now processed blueberry traps through the week of July 12 and blackberry traps through July 6. Spotted …
NCDA&CS Offers Organic Certification Cost-Share Assistance
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (NCDA & CS) is offering organic growers the opportunity to …