Kevin Merrill: As I drove along I-5, I thought if only more of our state legislators would wake up and work on saving and storing this water for years when
For California AG today, I m Mike Stephens, preemptive steps need to be taken to protect grapes. Michael Miller is the Director of Government Relations for the California Association of Wine Grape Growers. California Association of Wine Grape Growers began more than 40 years ago when a small group of wine grape growers concerned about establishing fair prices for grapes established the Wine Grape Bargaining Association. Until that time, wine grape growers didn t have a statewide organization to focus exclusively on issues affecting their livelihood like other specialty crops did. He explains how education can help prevent the spread of Pierce s Disease and the Spotted Lantern Fly.<p>There s a big effort at the Pierce s disease class of being sharpshooter board within CDF to do some work around educating the public because if we find it, it s going to look like a pile of mud, you know, on a semi truck, you know, some transportation corridor or maybe a train car is going to be some
For California AG today, I m Mike Stephens. The lack of water is a grave concern to wine grape growers. We continue speaking with Michael Miller, Director of Government Relations for the California Association of Wine Grape Growers. Water throughout the state is a very large concern for next year s crop.<p>The availability of water is going to be an incredible challenge. You start up at the Russian river, you know where they issued an emergency regulation dealing with contaminated water up there