Join us from November 20-21, 2025 for our Annual Meeting!

Simplified Meeting Agenda

Thursday (8:00 AM - 4:30 PM)
3- WA. Pesticide Recertification Credits
Speaker Line-Up
  • State of the Grapes, Trent Ball, YVC
  • Lessons learned from the first three seasons of the Washington State Soil Health Initiative, Dr. Devin Rippner, USDA
  • Using the STAR Tool to Maximize Conservation, Briana Rhode, Environmental Specialist,  WSDA
BREAK
  • Roza Irrigation District Update, Scott Revell, Roza Irrigation District
  • Updates on AgWeatherNet Tools, Gwen Hoheisel, WSU
LUNCH
  • Myth Busting Sulfur Phytotoxicity in Grapes, Jesse Stevens,
  •  Introducing a Grape Decision Aid System and Digital Crop Protection Guide, Dr. Michelle Moyer, Gwen Hoheisel, WSU
  • Sustainable IPM Breakthroughs in Control of Mealybugs through Sex Pheromone Mating, Hayden Lenz, Suterra
BREAK
  • West Coast Smoke Taint Task Force Update, Dr. Tom Collins, WSU
  • Are We There? Ten Years Into Building a World Class Wine Research Program, Melissa Hansen, WA. State Wine Commission

Friday (8:00 AM -12:00 PM)
2- WA. Pesticide Recertification Credits
Speaker Line-Up
  • Trunk Disease Update, Dr. Jose Urbez Torres, AgriFood Canada
  •  WSDA PC Licensing Requirements, What is Changing and What Licensees Need to Do, WSDA
  • Immigration Landscape: Guidance for Farmers, Diane Butler, Davis Wright Tramaine LLP
BREAK
  •  Japanese Beetle Update, Cassie Cichorz, WSDA
  • Herbicide Update – Herbicide Resistant Weeds; Update on Phenoxies and Drift, Dr. Rui Liu, WSU
Interested in being a Sponsor or Exhibitor?

Call for Poster Presentations

WSGS is extending and invitation for you to share research, education, and outreach related to the grape industry by calling for wine and grape industry to submit posters for the Annual Meeting program.

Poster abstracts must be submitted by November 14, 2025 

Past Conference Proceedings

Check out our Past Conference Proceedings page, to download presentations from previous conferences.

Distinguished Contributor Award
​ Past Recipients

2018 -  Natural Selections Farms
2017 -   Conover Insurance
2015 -   Inland Desert Nursery
2014  -  Sunnyside New Holland
2012  -  Simplot Grower Solutions
2011  -  Valley Pipe
2010  -  Manley Crop Insurance Agency
2009  -  Oxbo Int’l Corporation
2008  -  Cascade Wind Machine Service
2007 -   Northwest Farm Credit Services
2006  -  Bleyhl Farm Service
2005  -  Vine Tech Equipment
2004  -  D.W.’s Motor Machine & Parts Supply
2003  -  Columbia Insurance Co.
2002  -  Irrigation Specialists; G.S. Long Co., Inc.
2001  -  Chapman Lampson; Wilson Irrigation; Simplot Soilbuilders; Farm Credit