Peter Ficklin MaderaCountywinegrape grower and vintner
What I’m hear- ing from growers this year is it’s a lighter crop. Some of the older vines are struggling
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more with a lack of water, and the younger vines we are pulling grapes from seem to have more of an average crop. We’re going to see a small crop next year if we don’t get some water into the ground and into the root zone. Smoke taint has been in the news, and California has certainly had its share of wildfires. Here in Madera, we’re isolated from that but still remain concerned. COVID has been an issue for almost a year and a half now; it’s been a real roller coaster for the tasting room in when we can taste and what regulations will allow. We have followed a recommendation to close the tasting room. Wine sales have been very good both online and for curbside pickup. We’ve stayed in touch with customers through webinars via Zoomwith tasting samples that we send out. But it certainly has put a damper on the ability to come out and taste. Crush and harvest is happening now, and we look forward to being able to share ports that we’re making with people in the future. Jim Morris SiskiyouCounty farmer and rancher In the Scott and Shasta valleys,
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the water board is curtailing all agri- cultural water use at this time. We, of course, still have
domestic water use. The board will allow us a small amount of water for live- stock watering, but that’s it. Most people are on the end of irrigation for crops at this point. Some people are concerned about the ability to irrigate pastures and keep livestock feed available without having to feed hay that’s going to be very expensive this year. Hay prices are very strong, and demand is off the charts. I don’t think we have pro- duced enough hay in California to meet the needs this year. With curtailments and a very dry year, we’re going to see very high prices. Hopefully, there’s enough for- age to get people through this winter. It’s going to be a tough one for the livestock people this winter. We have some significant fires causing a tremendous amount of smoke. Our growing days have been very affected by the heavy smoke in all of Siskiyou County, as well as threatening many of our communities. It’s becoming more obvious that active manage-
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