The EV Project

Funded through the USDA-NIFA-Specialty Crop Research Initiative, the Efficient Vineyard project is a national effort to advance the use of precision viticulture in wine, juice and table grape production. The disciplines of engineering, precision agriculture, viticulture and economics come together to measure vineyard soil, canopy and crop characteristics, model spatial data for viticulture information, and manage vineyard crop load through variable-rate machine applications.

To learn much more about this program, visit efficientvineyard.com. To see how you can use the myEV Tool in your vineyard operation, visit the Vit Blog page here.

A freeze event in the Lake Erie Region prompted Dr. Terry Bates to come up with a new way to use the data collector tool for myEfficientVineyard. The great thing is you don’t need anything fancy! Just a mobile device and your own eyes. Come take a look to see what you can do to get an accurate assessment of the damage in your vineyard.