The California wine industry is responding to two bills that are considered wins for the industry. The first is the disaster aid bill. The California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG)…
CFBF: New Nighttime Lighting Requirements ‘Unrealistic’
…concerns in opposition of the new standard included the Western Agricultural Processors Association, California Association of Winegrape Growers, and the California Poultry Federation. Borden noted that ensuring the safety of…
FDA Announces Enforcement Discretion of the Produce Safety Rule
…have winegrapes exempted from the Produce Safety Rule guidelines. “This is great news for winegrape growers,” CAWG President John Aguirre said in a news release. “FDA recognizes the fact that…
Study Results Help Understand Red Blotch Disease
…virus produce winegrape clusters with reduced sugar content, poor color development and increased acidity. Kurtural said the research will inform winegrape growers as they consider possible treatments in vineyards with…
Wildfire Affected Winegrape Growers Seek Congress Support
…disaster assistance bill to help agricultural producers in the Southeast United States devastated by the 2018 hurricanes. Five grower groups – California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG), Lake County Winegrape…
Nat DiBuduo Retiring After Decades of Leading AGG
…years, representing over 500 members statewide. “Serving California winegrape growers since 2000 has been the pinnacle of my career,” said DiBuduo in a statement announcing his retirement. “My previous roles…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 04-03-18
…the list of products they said they would focus trade retaliation on. The California Association of Winegrape Growers was nervous about these tariffs when we talked to them last week….
Chinese Tariff Increase Will Be Tough on California Ag
…tariff increase of 25 percent. “It’s very disappointing to see the United States pull back from a more liberal trade stance,” said California Association of Winegrape Growers President John Aguirre….
Central Valley Grower Receives Distinguished California Agriculturalist Award
…A shift in the predominant areas of winegrape production towards the northern interior of the state over the past few years was also discussed. DiBuduo addressed some of the expectations…
2017 California Winegrape Crush Size Confirms Grape Supply Stability
…winegrape crush at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium in January, so as confirmation of a 4,007,136 ton winegrape crush was made public today, few were surprised. “Even though the…
Water Board OKs Hike in Water Quality Fees
…establish the “Cannabis Statement” at $200. Bob Gore of the Gualco Group Inc., which represents a number of agricultural clients including the California Association of Winegrape Growers, said, “We still…
Wind, Rain Hit Central Valley Vineyards
…that were snapped and ended up laying into some raisin vineyards,” said Bitter. “We actually had some rows completely blown over by the wind in some winegrape vineyards. The rows…
New Congress Likely to Address Regulatory Reform
…County winegrape grower Brad Goehring said farmers and ranchers feel overwhelmed by the abundance of costly regulations handed down by government agencies. “It’s just everything. We can hardly make a…
CAWG Elects New Board Members
…the winegrape industry on many challenging issues.” Aguirre also thanked CAWG’s outgoing board members for their dedication and service to the association and winegrape industry. Board members who have termed…