Andy Nadler & Ben-Min Chang on cold damage, vine hardiness & climate modelling
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Wines and Vines!
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Ben-Min Chang, research scientist at the Summerland Research Center, and Andy Nadler, agricultural meteorologist from Peak Hydromet, discuss and share data from the January 2024 winter freeze. We talk bud hardiness, climate projections, bud dissections, and what cold numbers we really hit. And a lot more.
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