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Free Money? Free Money! An interview with Brooke Pippi on the EQIP Program and what it can do for your farm I was lucky this
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Ask a Viticulturist: How to prevent Sour rot in the vineyard A disease complex that hits you right in the c(rot)ch We’ve got our first
Should you be irrigating this winter? With a potential drought on the horizon, vines will need water sooner than you think. As though 2020 couldn’t
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