National Grape Research Alliance
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NGRA works to align the priorities for research across wine, juice, table and raisin grapes nationwide, and to help get important projects in motion.
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The WineAmerica 2025 national economic impact study finds that the production, distribution, sales, and consumption of wine accounts for ~$323.5B in economic output or around 1.1% of US GDP. Stats are included for all 50 states. #graperesearch tinyurl.com/mtr8yzfk
Now playing: the Agricultural Research Service podcast, Science in Your Shopping Cart, is exploring the science behind winegrape-growing. Episodes featuring #graperesearch stakeholders will cover how our environment influences wine. NGRA’s Donnell Brown kicks off the season! tinyurl.com/32cynfb4
Barn owls mate for life and have up to 8 owlets 3x/year. Chicks can eat whole prey as soon as they’re 2 weeks old and go on to eat up to 8 rodents each, every night. "Barn owls really keep things in check," says Bob Peak of PacificWildlifeCare. #graperesearch tinyurl.com/4ev7hmjv
Nutritional balance in the vineyard “equals higher grape quality which equals higher wine quality,” says Veritas Vineyards' Emily Hodson and National Grape Research Alliance Vice Chair on the HiRes Vineyard Nutrition podcast. A key way “wine is made in the vineyard.” #graperesearch tinyurl.com/282b87se
With advances in vineyard management and warming climate, Michigan is growing more vinifera, says MSU Extension's Paolo Sabbatini. He suggests the Guyot training system as a "forward-looking tool for resilient, quality-driven viticulture.” #graperesearch tinyurl.com/5dzyhau9
Not #graperesearch but a critical breakthrough: Scientists at Agricultural Research Service have IDed an orange cultivar that shows resistance to citrus greening disease (HLB). It gives hope for the citrus industry. In FL alone, HLB has decimated 90% of citrus production. tinyurl.com/yrknmx3v
Farmers aren't eagerly adopting electric tractors--even as EVs surge. In a 2023 Pew Research Center survey, only 24% of rural respondents were open to the idea. Some dealerships even got death threats when they put an electric tractor on the lot! #graperesearch tinyurl.com/4xm57vsz
In field trials, the Cornell University Grape Pathology Lab found that biofungicides offer season-long disease control equivalent to conventional chemistries. Find out which ones merited a mention in the lab’s first biofungicide recommendation list. #graperesearch tinyurl.com/cjcutu7c
As U.S. EPA reviews the registration for Mancozeb, the Cornell University Grape Pathology Lab surveyed eastern grape growers about how management practices compare with those cited as risky. Results show they tend not use it in ways that cause concern. #graperesearch tinyurl.com/2zdemfwv
A pic posted to iNaturalist in Portland, OR on May 9 shows a small black bug w/white dots—maybe an early nymphal stage spotted lanternfly? The Oregon Department of Agriculture followed up but found no SLF, saying SLF still "is not considered to be present in OR." #graperesearch tinyurl.com/2r3pdspw
Tune in as Adam Huss of Centralas Wine explains that the hybridization of grape varieties “has been part of traditional breeding since forever and is also something that happens naturally in the wild,” as in the case of Norton and Catawba. #graperesearch tinyurl.com/3fhp4ww6
A new University of Oxford study shows that, over the last 40 years, “atmospheric thirst” has increased the frequency, intensity and geographic size of droughts. “A hotter world is a thirstier one,” says the hydroclimatologist who led the study. #graperesearch tinyurl.com/ycyadnv2
