Napa County Farm Bureau
A Defensive Approach to an Emerging Pest (Spotted Lantern Fly)
Join the Napa County Farm Bureau Foundation for our 11th Annual Continuing Education Class Series! We are hosting three virtual courses via Zoom and one IN PERSON course from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 pm throughout...
Spotted Lanterflies attack vines at Vyncrest Vineyard & Winery / Photo Credit: Robin Shreeves
Mid-Atlantic Winegrowers Battle Spotted Lanternfly Infestation
It’s an ongoing issue with ongoing research. Here are the latest findings.  Making their way through the mid-Atlantic states and beyond, Spotted Lanternflies (SLF) damage about 70 varieties...
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Battlelines of the Eastern Front of the War on the Spotted Lanternfly
Seven years since the Spotted Lanternfly was discovered in a quarry around 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia, it remains a time bomb to the Mid-Atlantic wine industry and a potential threat as far west...
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Afternoon Brief, March 4
‘Like the Coronavirus’: Rampaging Insect Shows up in California, Alarming Farmers: It originated in the wilderness of Asia. It spreads quickly. It's already causing millions of dollars in economic losses...
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Afternoon Brief, October 24
Fast-Moving Wildfire Ignites in Northern California Wine Country, Prompting Evacuations: A fast-moving wildfire aided by powerful winds in Northern California's wine country has prompted mandatory evacuation...
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Afternoon Brief, October 16
Why Wine Country Isn’t Attracting Millennials: Napa Valley, capital of wine tourism in California, pinnacle of New World luxury hooch, has a Millennial problem. The kids might be all grown up by the end...
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Afternoon Brief, October 3
Jackson Family Wines CEO: No Big Buyout Planned to Counter Gallo-Constellation Deal: The chief executive of Jackson Family Wines of Santa Rosa said Wednesday the premium wine company doesn't plan to make...
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Afternoon Brief, August 19
Amazon Above the Law in California: Amazon is openly flouting California liquor law. In February, Amazon, doing business as Prime Now, was issued a liquor license to open a liquor store in Los Angeles....
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Afternoon Brief, June 27
US Supreme Court Ruling Should Boost Digital Wine Sales: A U.S. Supreme Court ruling issued Wednesday has the potential to open digital wine sales to more states across the country. The court in a 7-to-2...
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Afternoon Brief, May 30
Napa County Vineyard Company Fined $38,000 After Field Worker Killed in Grape-Picking Accident: The U.S. Department of Labor says De Coninck Vineyards in American Canyon should be fined $38,000 in violations...