2025 Sustainable Ag Expo
San Luis Obispo, CA | November
Get the latest in viticulture and tech insights from top experts at the Sustainable Ag Expo. Earn continuing education hours, boost your business, and connect with peers and industry leaders.
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Learn how strategic replanting and diagnosing weak vineyard areas build resilience. This session covers key reasons for replanting, pitfalls to avoid, and step-by-step methods to identify and address weak zones for stronger vineyard recovery.
Overview of CDFA’s PD/GWSS Board research: history, framework, and priority diseases—Pierce’s Disease, Grapevine Leafroll, Red Blotch—and their vectors. Experts cover biology, methodologies, data insights, and sustainable vineyard pest management.
Discover robotic nighttime UVC applications and vineyard spore traps with DNA quantification to combat grape powdery mildew, reducing yield and quality losses while optimizing fungicide use for sustainable viticulture.
Discover how biofungicides—microbial agents and plant extracts—manage grapevine powdery mildew and Botrytis bunch rot, curb fungicide resistance, and support sustainable vineyards through integrated, data-driven disease management.
Learn how to identify and prevent the spread of Spotted Lanternfly, an invasive pest threatening CA crops. This course covers detection, reporting, and sustainable pest management strategies to protect vineyards, orchards, and landscapes.
Dr. Emily Bick explores “digital entomology” to boost crop sustainability. Discover how spatial modeling, LiDAR, innovative sampling devices and acoustic “eavesdroppers” track pests like vine mealybug and Lygus for timely, data-driven management.