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Read this first! As agricultural consultants in California, irrigation consulting during the growing season is our bread and butter. A lot of times, especially in
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Read this first! As agricultural consultants in California, irrigation consulting during the growing season is our bread and butter. A lot of times, especially in

An interview with Christian Klier of Turrentine Brokerage These are lean times. Or at least, they sure seem that way for many a grapegrower. As

It could be worse… We are wrapping up a particularly hot July. The last time I had to write about heat stress was 2022, so

How to hedge your losses I had an macroeconomics professor preface the start of the semester stating that any question asked in his class was

Let’s ask a hydrogeologist! I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Timothy Parker of Parker Groundwater Consulting in Sacramento, CA. Timothy Parker began

Rebuilding habitats for natural rodent control The following article was originally posted in Wine Business Monthly in April of 2022. Did you know that owls
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