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• Deadline nears for USDA grants
  Napa Valley Register on December 10, 2009

  A sample of projects that qualify include: vineyard cover crops, streambank stabilization and riparian Pierce's disease management, livestock watering and ... and more...

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• County ag commissioner retires
  Santa Maria Times on December 14, 2009

  ... without too much controversy in residential areas, during outbreaks of pests such as the light brown apple moth and the glassy-winged sharpshooter...

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• State declares county free of vineyard pest
  Sacramento Bee on December 16, 2009

  The California Department of Food and Agriculture has declared Sacramento County free of the glassy-winged sharpshooter , an insect that transmits a disease ... and more...

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• County ag commissioner retires
  Lompoc Record on December 16, 2009

  ... without too much controversy in residential areas, during outbreaks of pests such as the light brown apple moth and the glassy-winged sharpshooter...

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• Whitmer re-appointed Ag Commissioner
  St. Helena Star on December 17, 2009

  ... Whitmer outlined his accomplishments during his most recent tenure, including maintaining Napa County as an area free of the glassy-winged sharpshooter ,...

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• Cuts in funding, pests, trapping
  Ukiah Daily Journal on December 26, 2009

  The Glassy Winged Sharpshooter is a pest that can spread Pierce's Disease, and funding is critical, the county's legislative report stated. ... and more...

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• New Year's forecasts and resolutions for 2010
  Montgomery County Courier on December 31, 2009

  Commercially available grapes vines (vitis vinifera – the classic grapes) that are resistant to Pierce's Disease will become available to Texas vineyards by...

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