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Northern Grapes News You Can Use: Grape Insect, Disease, and Mite Control

By Terence Bradshaw http://northerngrapesproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/June-2016-News-You-Can-Use-Disease-and-Insect-biology-and-management.pdf News You Can Use Grape Disease, Insect, and Mite Control and Biology June 2016 A single grape phylloxera leaf gall (left), with the side of the gall opened to show adult female and many yellowish eggs (photo by J. Ogrodnick) and anthracnose lesions on grape berries (right) (photo by W. Wilcox). …

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Direct sale scale testing and licensing

FYI… Subject: Direct sale scale testing and licensing To: Vermont Farmers’ Markets & Farm Stand vendors, This past spring, The Agency Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM) held 16 scale testing workshops located around the state. These opportunities were set up to ensure that the scales used at farmers’ markets and farm stands were legal for …

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