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Growingproduce.com/.- Cornell University Cooperative Extension Finger Lakes Grape Program is sponsoring a seminar, “Lessons Learned from California’s Original Sustainable Winegrowing Certification Program: The Lodi Rules,” on June 5 from 5-6 p.m. The presentation will be held at Cornell’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, NY. Matthew Hoffman, grower program coordinator for the Lodi Winegrape Commission, will discuss the Lodi, CA, grape industry’s experience with their sustainability certification program, The Lodi Rules for Sustainable Winegrowing. This program was the…

Winespectator.com/.- A first look at vintage quality down south, with eyewitness reports from growers and winemakers. Ready to taste the first wines of 2014? While vines are just flowering in Europe and North America, the Southern Hemisphere has picked, crushed and fermented this year’s crop. Vintners in South America’s leading wine nations—Chile and Argentina—did not face an easy growing season. In Chile, a severe spring frost created one of the smallest crops in years, but a good harvest season produced…

Winespectator.com/.- A first look at vintage quality down south, with eyewitness reports from growers and winemakers. Ready to taste the first wines of 2014? While vines are just flowering in Europe and North America, the Southern Hemisphere has picked, crushed and fermented this year’s crop. Vintners in South Africa report a wet and wild year. A rainy spring produced a lot of grapes, but a nice dry spell in February allowed whites to ripen. But then the rains came back,…

El Mercurio/.- Empresarios agrícolas están pesimistas por reformas al régimen de aguas que apuntan a transformar el recurso en un bien de uso público y por nuevo escenario en materia de impuestos. Agro: Cambio a régimen tributario de renta presunta afectaría a más de 40 mil pymes Un ambiente de incertidumbre y pesimismo se respiraba ayer en el principal encuentro nacional del agro “¿Cómo viene la temporada 2014-2015?”, organizado por la Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura (SNA) y Economía y Negocios de…