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  • Cabernet sauvignon grapes. Photo by Jack Kelly Clark
    Increasing temperatures led to better-tasting wine grapes, but for how long?

    Oct 4, 2021

    • Agriculture
  • A UC Davis graduate student measures photosynthesis on cabernet sauvignon grapevines. (Photo by Kaan Kurtural/UC Davis)
    Coastal grape growers can use less water during drought

    Sep 1, 2021

    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Food
  • Grape growers can save between 60% to 80% of labor operation costs per acre by using mechanical pruning instead of hand pruning alone. Photo by Hector Amezcua, UC Davis
    Machines can help wine grape industry survive labor shortage

    Jun 7, 2021

    • Agriculture
  • Dawn Kooyumjian is interviewed by KCBS reporter Matt Biglar about the UC Master Gardeners in Contra Costa County donating plants to Oakland students.
    ANR in the news April 16-30, 2020

    May 1, 2020

  • Mechanical removal of winegrape shoots can reduce the amount of hand labor needed for vineyard management. Photo by Kaan Kurtural
    UC releases new cost studies for mechanized winegrape production

    Dec 17, 2019

    • Agriculture
  • Andy Beckstoffer and David Beckstoffer plant their 1.5 millionth vine in cabernet sauvignon rootstock and clonal trial at Amber Knolls in Lake County. All photos courtesy of LCWC/Karen Pavone Photography
    To save cabernet from climate change, UC studies rootstock and clone combinations

    Aug 20, 2019

    • Agriculture
  • UCCE specialist Kaan Kurtural, pictured above, said labor costs about 7 cents per vine with mechanical management vs. $1 per vine using conventional labor.
    The winegrape industry is well suited to mechanized production

    Jul 25, 2019

    • Agriculture
  • To control western tussock moth caterpillars, “use pressure washers to push the larvae off the trees before they start wandering around,” Andrew Sutherland said.
    ANR in the news April 19-30

    Apr 30, 2019

  • Mechanical pruning reduced labor costs by 90%, resulted in increased grape yields and berry quality was as good or better than hand-pruned vines.
    Winegrape vineyards can be converted for machine pruning without replanting

    Apr 15, 2019

    • Agriculture
    • Innovation
  • ANR in the news March 13-28

    Mar 29, 2019

  • Peach root-knot nematode-infected almond tree in a two-year-old orchard. Photo by Andreas Westphal
    February 2019 news clips

    Feb 28, 2019

  • Chinese agricultural scientists explore a  potato research field at UC ANR's Intermountain Research and Extension Center in Tulelake.
    June 2018 news clips

    Jun 30, 2018

  • Labor costs about 7 cents per vine for managing the “touchless” vineyard, compared to $1 in the conventional vineyard, says Kaan Kurtural, UC Cooperative Extension specialist.
    Growers get labor-saving ideas at UC Grape Day

    Jun 19, 2018

    • Agriculture
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  • May 2018 News Clips

    May 31, 2018

  • Interest in winegrape mechanization is skyrocketing because the practices produce grapes of superior quality.
    Mechanical winegrape management produces superior grapes

    May 15, 2018

    • Agriculture
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