Viticulture
William L Peacock 
Farm Advisor
Specialties: Viticulture and irrigation, soils
wlpeacock@ucdavis.edu
(559) 685-3309 Ext. 217
Fax: (559) 685-3319
Retirement Announcement
I’m retiring June 27th after 36 years as viticulture farm advisor in Tulare County. What a great experience! What an honor to work with farmers and their families, agriculture in general, and the communities in Tulare County! What a privilege to associate with so many talented UC scientists and educators!
I am blessed to have been able to work with so many genuine, hard working people in agriculture. I have many fond memories and experiences, some hilarious, some sad, but all treasures. My wife and I raised our kids on a small farm near Woodlake and so they too experienced the trials, tribulations, freedom, and wide open spaces that farm life provides. My daughter graduated from UC Davis this June and my son is a Davis sophomore, both in the College of Agriculture, and so the beat goes on.
Upon retirement, my wife and I plan to continue working our farm near Woodlake. I enjoy science and education and will continue to actively engage myself in these endeavors. We also have plans to take a little more time and do some traveling (mostly by boat), hiking the Sierra Nevada, and enjoying our family.
I am privileged to have worked in the Tulare County UC Cooperative Extension office all these years; the staff enjoys a well earned reputation as one of the best in the state. I am proud to have been a part of it.
With that, I bid adieu.
Sincerely,
Bill Peacock
SPECIAL NOTICE - The San Joaaquin Valley Vineyard Drip Irrigation Scheduler is now available by request. Disks are available at the Tulare Office for $5 or you may request an electronic copy here by clicking on the following link.
Announcement
- New Pests
- Glassy Winged Sharpshooter
| Pierce's Disease and the Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Information Bulletin Series - University of California Cooperative Extension - Tulare County |
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- Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter: A Serious Threat to California Agriculture University of California Communication Services Media Kit
- Look Out for the Glassy Winged Sharpshooter (Information sheet developed by Developed by staff of CDFA's Plant Health and Pest Prevention Service Division)
- Vine Mealybug: A Serious New Pest in the San Joaquin Valley
Newsletters
- Grape Notes - culture, irrigation, nutrition, pest management, economics
Publications
- Tulare County Grape Publications
Categories Table Grapes | Raisin Grapes | Wine Grapes | Irrigation Nutrition | General Viticulture | Integrated Pest
Management| Economics - UC Grape Publications
- Grape Pest Management- Second Edition
- UC Pest Management Guidelines (UC Statewide IPM Project Web Site)
- Other Publications
- Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter: A Serious Threat to California Agriculture
University of California Communication Services Media Kit - Look Out for the Glassy Winged Sharpshooter
(Information sheet developed by Developed by staff of CDFA's Plant Health and Pest Prevention Service Division)
- Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter: A Serious Threat to California Agriculture
- UC Cost and Return Studies (UC Agricultural & Resource Economics Department)
- Sample Costs to Establish and Produce Crimson Seedless Table Grapes
San Joaquin Valley 2007 (PDF version) - Sample Costs to Establish and Produce Flame Seedless Table Grapes
San Joaquin Valley 2007 (PDF version) - Sample Costs to Establish and Produce Red Globe Table Grapes
San Joaquin Valley 2007 (PDF version) - Sample Costs to Establish and Produce Thompson Seedless Table Grapes
San Joaquin Valley 2007 (PDF version) - Sample Costs to Establish A Vineyard And Produce Grape For Raisins
San Joaquin Valley. 2006.(PDF version) - Sample Costs to Establish & Produce Grapes for Organic Raisins. San Joaquin Valley South. 2008 NEW !!!
- Sample Costs to Establish & Produce Wine Grapes in the San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin Valley. 2005.(PDF version) - Sample Costs to Establish a Vineyard and Produce Dried on the Vine Raisins
Open Gable Trellis System. San Joaquin Valley. 2003. (PDF version) - Sample Costs to Establish a Vineyard and Produce Dried on the Vine Raisins
Overhead Trellis System. San Joaquin Valley. 2003. (PDF version)
- Sample Costs to Establish and Produce Crimson Seedless Table Grapes
Links
- UC Viticulture and Enology
- Foundation Plant Materials Service, University of California Davis
- Raisin Administrative Committee
- Sun-Maid Growers of California
- California Table Grape Commission
- Wine Institute
