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Vineyard Scouting Workshop
Tuesday, May 8th 2012
Seven Hills Vineyard, Milton-Freewater, OR
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Join us for a full day, hands-on workshop on various components of disease, insect pest, and vine nutrition monitoring. Five modules are designed to give you practical information to help hone your vineyard scouting skills and increase your knowledge of plant health and protection from economically important and emerging pests. The modules will include new and regionally important information based on research findings from OSU,USDA-ARS and WSU.
Registration ($60)
Registration is required in advance to ensure that adequate materials are available. Space is limited to allow greater interaction with presenters in this hands-on workshop. A boxed lunch, handouts, printed publications,and scouting tools (magnifying loupe and mini-microscope) will be provided as part of registration fees. Registration deadline is 12 PM, April 28. No late registrations or on-site registration will be allowed!
Click here for a full itinerary with more information.
Click here to register online today!
This program is brought to you by OSU Viticulture Extension, WSU Viticulture & Enology Extension, USDA-ARS
and the Oregon Wine Research Institute.
“Southern Oregon Viticulture – It’s all about water!”
A technical workshop presented by:
OSU- Southern Oregon Research & Extension Center - Dr. Gabriel Balint & Rogue Valley Winegrowers Association
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
1:00pm to 5:00pm
SOREC – Auditorium, 569 Hanley Rd., Central Point
$10 for RVGA members, $15 for non-members
Learn about
- Water regulation
- Vineyard irrigation infrastructure and frost protection
- Soil moisture sensors used in vineyards
- Irrigation strategies in vineyards
Outline & Speakers
1:00 – 2:00 pm
“Water and wine, how the Oregon water resources department can help you”
Travis Kelly, Watermaster Department, Jackson County
2:00 -3:00 pm
“Irrigation and frost protection – Got Questions?”
David Bower – Ewing Irrigation
3:00 -3:15pm
Coffee Break
3:15 – 4:15pm
“Soil moisture sensors – Types and principals of operation”
“Wireless/ internet based monitoring and controls”
Monte Minchow, CID – Rain Tech
4:15 – 5:00
“How much water is too much in the vineyard?”
Review on grape vine water needs, update on current irrigation project.
Dr. Gabriel Balint – OSU – SOREC
RSVP: The number of seats is limited to 50. Please register by May 21st. Register online. Contact Gabriel Balint via phone: 541–499-3150 or email: Gabriel.Balint@oregonstate.edu for any inquires related to this seminar.
Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, Family and Community Health, 4-H Youth, Forestry & Natural Resources, and Extension Sea Grant programs, Oregon State University, United States Department of Agriculture, and Hood River County cooperating. The Extension Service offers its programs and materials equally to all people.
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