Grapes

Researchers try to expand muscadine grape market

University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers are trying to expand consumers’ knowledge of muscadine grapes, and they hope that awareness leads to more people buying them. UF/IFAS... more »

Michigan vineyard establishment conference scheduled

The Michigan winery industry, valued at $286 million in 2005, with 45 wineries, has grown to nearly 120 wineries today. While the state’s wine grape acreage increased from 1,500 in 2003 to 2,850 in 2014... more »

Recapping the 2015 California grape growing season

Life as a grape grower is taxing — Mother Nature always seems to be in charge, but she doesn’t always win. In 2015, California grape growers fought the weather, managed disease and came out on... more »

New publication recommends grape rootstocks for Michigan

Michigan vineyard owners have a new bulletin, “Grape Rootstocks for Michigan” by Michigan State University Extension, to help with selecting rootstocks. This bulletin focuses on the use of grape rootstocks to suppress soil pests, control... more »

Michigan Grape & Wine Conference Feb. 24-26

The Michigan Grape & Wine Conference will be held for the first time in southwest Michigan, Feb. 24-26 at the Kalamazoo Radisson Plaza Hotel & Suites. The conference will be the hosting center for the... more »

Bush named Grape and Wine program manager for Michigan

Peter Anastor, Division Director, Agriculture Development Division of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Devleopment (MDARD), has announced that Karel Bush has been selected as the Grape and Wine Program Manager on the staff of... more »

SWMREC to host grape grower meeting Nov. 24

Michigan State University Extension will host a grape meeting Nov. 24, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the Southwest Michigan Research and Extension Center (SWMREC), 1791 Hillandale Road, Benton Harbor Michigan. To register, make check... more »

How grape growers benefit from BASF’s Nealta miticide

On Page 5 of the October issue of Fruit Growers News, we introduced you to Nealta® miticide, a product developed by BASF to fight against spider mite. Kate Walker, technical service representative for BASF, talked... more »

Mother Nature batters northwest Michigan wine grapes

How much injury can a grapevine stand? We may know the answer to this question in the spring of 2016. The last two years have heaped unprecedented levels of injury and stress on the vineyards... more »

BMSB starting to trouble Western growers

An invasive bug has been causing a stink among many Western fruit and vegetable growers. As the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) expands its reach, it’s challenging growers and researchers to develop new crop protection... more »

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