Search Results for Viticulture -- Victoria.

Deals with the grape-growing industry and the potentially lethal effect of grape phylloxera, a small aphid-like insect that lives on the roots of vines which has been a threat to Victorian wine-grape growers for more than 100 years.

This service will ensure Grapecheque can reach as many of its networks as possible, particularly in relation to specific issues such as Market Intelligence and Access, Phylloxera and Exceptional and Emergency Circumstance situations. It also ensures industry personnel and regional associations are aware of Government initiatives, both state and federal, that may assist wine industry businesses. We will also continue to inform our wine industry networks on Viticulture extension, targeting the adoption of new and existing technologies.

The State Chemistry Laboratory, through its Vineyard Soil Assessment and Mapping Service, is able to help viticulturists in serval ways at the critical pre-planting stage. Pamphlet describes services available.

Summary: Report on financial benchmarking of wine grapes for the 2001-2002 season. Thirty eight Victorian vineyards particpated in the benchmarking analysis. The report includes data on income, costs, profit, environmental benchmarks and management factors.

General overview of table grape industry including cultural practices such as pruning, G.A. application, bunch thinning, harvesting & packaging.

Herbicides are rapidly replacing mechanical weed control in the vineyard. Provides an introduction to chemical weed control noting its advantages over cultivation, types of herbicides available, how to implement a programme and the selection and calibration of spray equipment.

General overview of table grape industry including cultural practices such as pruning, G.A. application, bunch thinning, harvesting & packaging.

Looks at the care and skill which Australian table grapes growers and exporters show in producing consistently high quality table grapes for export. It provides buyers with details of each step in the production, packaging and transport process that preserves the freshenss and quality.

This paper reports a use of a real-options valuation methodology to analyse wine grape farm investment under price and yield uncertainty. Revenue levels to incentivise entry and exit were calculated for three different sizes of wine grape farms in north west Victoria. The modelling identified lower exit and higher entry triggers than indicated by conventional net present value calculation. The wide gap of estimated indeterminacy in farm investment highlights the intertwined influence of numerous economic factors - cost structure, economies of scale, market volatility, transaction costs, and sunk and salvaged asset valuation. Drawing on these determinants of farm investment and disinvestment, the paper discusses the role of investment incentives in affecting industry transformation and the scope for policy intervention to assist structural adjustment of the wine grape sector.

This new book for grapegrowers and winemakers is a guide for assessing berries for ripeness and harvesting scheduling. Contains detailed instructions on how to examine berries before harvest acording to 20 standardised and industy-tested criteria, by judging the stalks, skins, pulp and seeds.

This report details results of the project “How much is enough? - A keystone issue to align dried fruit production with the policy and technology of spraying in the 21st century” conducted over two years from July 1999 to June 2001. Calibrating spray volumes in grapevines using row-volume methods allows the selected spray volume to reflect the 3-dimensional size (m3) of canopy that will be sprayed rather than the 2-dimensional ground area on which the crop stands. The row-volume method also helps the user to scale up the spray volume to reflect vine growth during the season. Unit Canopy Row (UCR) is a row-volume method for calibrating that removes row width from calculations and is well received by grape growers.

Grapes have become the largest fruit-growing industry in Australia. These CD-ROMs examine the environmental changes which have occurred to accommodate the industry; new varieties of wine-grapes being developed in Australia; how the industry compares with grape-growing in California and Europe; plus the latest research and strategies dealing with the future of agriculture in the Murray-Darling Basin. They also provide links to useful websites about winegrape-growing, agriculture and the environment in Australia.