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<b><font
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sans-serif">Next
VASCM
Meeting:
Tomorrow,
Tuesday,
January 20,
1:30-4:30pm
-- </font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Paul Crout, Helena Agri-Enterprises,
on <i>Vineyard
Fertility
Planning A to
Z</i><br>
- at El
Vaquero
Winery,
Corralitos
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<div
align="left"><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hello, everyone:<br>
</font><br>
<font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Happy New Year! Let's look forward
to the new
year in our
vineyards. And
to start it
out we have a
great meeting
for you! </font><br>
<br>
<font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">We met Paul Crout as a guest
presenter
during the
webinar on
spraying we
did last year
with Fritz
Westover,
Virtual
Viticulture
Academy. We
wanted to hear
more from
Paul, this
time on
nutrition and
this time in
person. </font><br>
<br>
<font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>The program:</b></font><br>
<br>
<b>"Fertility
Planning A to
Z"</b> on
building a
comprehensive
fertility
program for
wine grapes,
including
sample
interpretation,
application
methods,
timing, rates,
etc., forms of
common
fertilizers
(conventional
and organic),
the importance
of nutrient
balance, etc.
Paul is an
agronomist
&
viticulturist
with over 26
years
experience
working in and
consulting for
vineyards from
Santa Barbara
to Napa,
including
managing 900
acres of wine
grapes in Paso
Robles. <br>
<br>
<span
lang="EN">Paul
has been
working for
Helena
Agri-Enterprises since the end of 2013 in various roles, currently
serving as the
AGRIntelligence-Agronomy-Organics Manager for the Western US.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He leads the Agronomy and Agriculture
Technology
business along
with Helena’s
Organic
efforts across
10 States in
the Western
US.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>His areas of expertise include plant
nutrition,
soil-plant-water
relations,
organic
systems and
pest
management. </span><span
lang="EN"><span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"></span>Paul is a Licensed PCA, QAL and a
Certified Crop
Advisor (CCA)
with Nitrogen
Management and
Sustainability
Certifications.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> <br>
</span></span><br>
<br>
<font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Location: <br>
El Vaquero
Winery</font><br>
2901 Freedom
Blvd
<div>Watsonville,
CA 95076<br>
<br>
Thank you to
Bob and Dean
Prikazsky for
hosting us at
El Vaquero.<br>
<br>
As usual,
please bring a
bottle of wine
to share. We
will provide
appetizers.</div>
<br>
<font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">We look forward to seeing you
tomorrow!</font><br>
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face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> </font><br>
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<div
align="left"><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Cheers,<br>
The VASCM
Board:<br>
- Mary
Lindsay, Muns
Vineyard<br>
- Ken Swegles,
Rhizos
Viticulture/Skyline
Viticulture<br>
- Richard
Hanke, Redwood
Grade Vineyard<br>
<br>
<br>
<b>More About
Paul Crout:<br>
</b></font><br>
<span
lang="EN">Paul
has been
working for
Helena
Agri-Enterprises since the end of 2013 in various roles, currently
serving as the
AGRIntelligence-Agronomy-Organics Manager for the Western US.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He leads the Agronomy and Agriculture
Technology
business along
with Helena’s
Organic
efforts across
10 States in
the Western
US.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>His team of 16 Agronomists &
AGRIntelligence
Technicians
support
Helena’s sales
group on
everything
from mapping
to nutrient
budgets to
irrigation
scheduling.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>His areas of expertise include plant
nutrition,
soil-plant-water
relations,
organic
systems and
pest
management.<br>
<br>
</span><span
lang="EN"><span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A native of the Central Coast now
living in
Templeton,
Paul graduated
in 1999 from
Cal Poly SLO
with a BS in
Physical
Geography with
extensive
coursework in
Micro-Biology,
Chemistry,
Plant Biology,
Soils and
Geology.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Paul is a Licensed PCA, QAL and a
Certified Crop
Advisor (CCA)
with Nitrogen
Management and
Sustainability
Certifications.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Over the past 26
years, Paul
has consulted
for vineyard
properties
from Santa
Barbara to
Napa, managed
900 acres of
wine grapes in
Paso Robles,
and worked as
an
Agricultural
Pest Control
Advisor on the
Central Coast.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Previous to his current employment,
Paul was a
Vineyard
Manager &
Viticulturist
for Vineyard
Professional
Services in
Paso Robles,
CA.<br>
<br>
</span><span
lang="EN"> Paul
currently
serves as
Ex-Officio of
the Board for
the California
Association of
Pest Control
Advisors in
Sacramento and
as a member of
the Cal Poly,
San Luis
Obispo Plant
Science
Department
Industry
Advisory
Council.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Paul also completed an 18-month
fellowship
with the
prestigious
California
Agricultural
Leadership
Program as a
member of
Class 48. </span><br>
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