First update of the Grape Data Tool
The nice folks at USDA-NASS took a bit longer than usual, but they finally got the Acreage Report up on Friday. For me, that heralds a...
Countdowns Added to Grape Data Tool
I have added a new feature to the Grape Data Tool. Now it shows today's date, along with the dates for the Turrentine Crop Contest...
Crush and Acreage Reports Behind the Scenes: How to Make this Great Data Even Better
Last week I drove to Sacramento to speak with the folks who put together the Crush Report and the Acreage Report. It’s so essential to...
Will the Crush and Acreage Reports be Cut from the USDA Budget?
So, Lew Perdue reported on something that's been keeping me up at night - the fact that possibility that the federal government may...
Crush Report Is Out - Here's My Schedule
So, the Crush Report is out now: https://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/California/Publications/Grape_Crush/Final/index.php. For...
Hungarian Millennium
Do the words Hungarian Millennium mean anything to you? They mean nothing to me. Or at least they meant nothing to me yesterday. I was...