VIN 250 - Equipment Technology for the Entrepreneur

Credit Hours: 3
This course covers equipment and technologies used in vineyard establishment and management systems used in modern commercial vineyards. An overview of vineyard establishment technologies will include soil mapping and preparation; irrigation set-up; planting systems; and vineyard trellis construction. Management equipment includes herbicide and air blast sprayers; irrigation and frost control equipment; cultivators; mechanisms used to bury the graft unions or vines for winter protection; equipment for either mechanical or manual pruning, shoot thinning, shoot positioning, fruit thinning, leaf removal and harvesting; soil mapping technology; climate monitoring equipment; fertilizer and lime application; and work place safety.

Prerequisite(s): VIN 130, VIN 132, and VIN 111 or VIN 146 or permission.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0

Semesters Offered: Demand