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  • Free registration RSVP: https://forms.gle/vZL1SjrXviuj51qr5 Just a reminder for our upcoming fall UGA Grape Extension Event! This will be a great networking opportunity where we will also discuss some of the research that UGA has been conducting during this past season, as well as some management considerations that I’ve been hearing about from many of you. Pesticide credits will be available!…

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  • After we all enjoy the AVES-ES Hangtime with Nathan Eason, Dr. Matthew Clark, and Dr. Jason Londo about cold weather grape varieties at 11:30-12:30 PM tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov 14th), you can also attend the following enology webinar on sustainability and waste management in the winery. Registration is free, but required, so be sure to do…

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  • Tomorrows Hangtime discussion will be on cold tolerant grapes. Since this is a national platform we will be discussing cold weather grape breeding programs and progress in the industry. If you don’t join tomorrow, put December 6th on your calendar to evaluate southern grapes.

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  • Free registration RSVP: https://forms.gle/vZL1SjrXviuj51qr5 Please join us for the fall UGA Grape Extension Event! This will be a great networking opportunity where we will also discuss some of the research that UGA has been conducting during this past season, as well as some management considerations that I’ve been hearing about from many of you. Pesticide…

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  • In case you haven’t heard the news, I wanted to give everyone a quick update on the fact that as of November 2, 2023, chlorpyrifos use on food crops is no longer banned. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the EPA’s decision to revoke tolerances of chlorpyrifos on food crops. The official ruling…

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  • Freeze coming mid-week

    This week will bring a big change in the weather with the movement of a strong cold front through the region on Tuesday and Wednesday. There won’t be a lot of rain with the front, but the air behind the front will be a lot colder and drier than we have been experiencing lately. By…

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  • High pressure will dominate the week, leaving all of the Southeast high and dry for the next seven days. Temperatures should be quite moderate and no chance of frost is seen in the long-range forecasts until the first week of November, although any forecast over a week out should be taken with some caution. This…

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  • As most of us have wrapped up our grape harvest for 2023, please take a few minutes to (anonymously) share some of your grape quality information! https://ugeorgia.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9ojgiMN5H5sDyDQ Fill in as much information as you can, but we are just asking for the grape variety, harvest date, county, Brix, TA, and pH at harvest. We shall…

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  •     Please join us tomorrow for our monthly Hangtime session.   Our topic:  “Losing yield from deadwood? It’s all about the cut.” This discussion will be looking at managing large cuts to the vine and understanding trunk diseases.  We’ll be joined by Dr. Kendra Baumgartner with USDA at University of California Davis and Renown pruning expert Marco…

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  • The latest 7-day QPF map shows that now that this week’s rain has moved out to the northeast, it should be dry until late in the week when the next system brings rain back to the region. All the rain you see on the map below will fall on Thursday and Friday. Temperatures should be…

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