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Having access to reliable weather data is an important part of farming. Weather affects irrigation scheduling, spraying for disease and insect pests, cultural practices and growth of crops.

Powdery mildew is a serious disease of wine grapes that all grape growers need to treat for. Successful mildew control depends on: TIMING of treatments.

Foothill Grape Day is an annual educational event for wine grape growers sponsored and organized by the Central Sierra University of California Cooperative Extension.

Information on upcoming or previous grape grower workshops

Christmas tree production has become a lucrative farming business in the foothills attracting more and more growers. The Emeritus Advisor, Lynn Wunderlich, has previously had worked with farms to determine more resilient species and completed a Christmas Tree Cost Study 2005.

Pomegranates grow naturally as a bushy shrub or as a small tree-if trained, they may grow 15 to 20 feet high. The tree is deciduous in interior and desert regions, but in coastal areas may lose only a portion of its leaves in winter.

Nut tree production in the Sierra foothills

Weed control in vineyards enhances the establishment of newly planted vines and improves the growth and yield of established vines.

Raspberry and Blackberry, Fruit & Nuts Research & Information Center, UC Davis Blackberry varieties do best on sunny slopes. They should be planted 4 to 5 feet apart in rows 10 feet apart and canes trained on 4 foot high, 2 wire trellis. Raspberry plantings do best on cool North slopes.

Access to agricultural resources, cost studies, pest management, and post harvest information relevant to growers, shippers, marketers, carriers, distributors, retailers, processors, and consumers of fresh horticultural crops is linked to on this page.