Extension Award Recipient Clears the Fog on Frost Protection Strategies for Growers Worldwide
ASEV is honored to host University of California
Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) Advisor Mark
Battany who will present the Extension
Distinction Award Presentation, “Flipping Dimensions: A
Vertical Weather View Helps Illuminate Vineyard Challenges,” on
June 19 in Portland, Oregon.
Mr. Battany is currently the water management and biometeorology advisor for UCANR in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties since 2018, where he also served as the viticultural farm advisor since 2001. He’s addressed a wide range of topics throughout his extension career, including vine mealybug, soil salinity, vine nutrition, irrigation management and frost protection. He is best known for leveraging his skills with weather stations and sensors to help identify temperature inversion conditions regarding frost protection and spray drift risk.
Read more about Mr. Mark Battany
“I strive to be as knowledgeable as possible on the many issues facing growers. I feel very lucky to have had a career where I can apply my knowledge and creativity to help growers find solutions to problems we didn’t know existed,” said Battany.
Learn more about the Extension Distinction Award and nominate someone deserving of this recognition for 2025.
