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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see the announcement for (and take!) the following survey conducted by our colleagues at PSU and ISU to help identify needs in grape and wine production.
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#242424;background:yellow">With a team of research and extension faculty members in viticulture, enoIogy and marketing, we have been working on a questionnaire that seeks to identify needs across the grape and wine industry
in the United States. This is the first step in our USDA SCRI Research and Extension planning project entitled “Enhancing regional grape and wine production and quality”.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#242424;background:yellow">The primary goal is to engage industry stakeholders to identify the primary concerns and issues impacting the industry. We are seeking feedback in (1) viticulture, (2) enology, and (3) winery
business management. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#242424;background:yellow">This questionnaire is voluntary and data will be aggregated. Your responses will be confidential and no identifiable information will be collected or linked to your responses. The link or the
QRcode below will take you to a 5 - 30 min questionnaire. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#954F72;background:yellow"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/iastate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b966INTYx57Y4Wa__;!!KGKeukY!wC9OxFwvkL4xMTNidC-HgXEF6y6B6rxoKHhDiH0k9RdQELg8cerQXWtc5Wynr22j--oe1x7j52nrg_muaMJwh8xS5YM$" target="_blank" title="Original URL: https://iastate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b966INTYx57Y4Wa. Click or tap if you trust this link."><span style="color:#954F72">https://iastate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b966INTYx57Y4Wa</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#242424;background:yellow"><img border="0" width="249" height="249" style="width:2.5937in;height:2.5937in" id="x_x_x_x_x_x_Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DA7ED3.219B0E20" alt="SV_b966INTYx57Y4Wa-qrcode(3)"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#242424;background:yellow">Results will be used to assist the research team in providing the industry with new outreach (Extension) resources and information.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#242424;background:yellow">This research is supported by the intramural research program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Specialty Crop Research Initiative Award
number 2023-51181-41189.</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#242424;background:yellow">The questionnaire closing date and time will be
<b>March 29<sup>th</sup> 2024 by 5pm Central Time</b>.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#242424;background:yellow">If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Aude Watrelot at
</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#954F72;background:yellow"><a href="mailto:watrelot@iastate.edu"><span style="color:#954F72">watrelot@iastate.edu</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#242424;background:yellow"> or Cain Hickey
at </span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#954F72;background:yellow"><a href="mailto:viticulture@psu.edu"><span style="color:#954F72">viticulture@psu.edu</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#242424;background:yellow">. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#242424;background:yellow">Thank you for your willingness to participate!</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BA0C2F;background:white">Maria Smith, PhD</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F4443"><br>
Viticulture Outreach Specialist<br>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BA0C2F">The Ohio State University</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F4443"><br>
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences<br>
Horticulture and Crop Science<br>
205 Gourley Hall<br>
1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, OH 44691<br>
330-263-3825 Office<br>
<a href="mailto:smith.12720@osu.edu"><span style="color:#BA0C2F;background:white">smith.12720@osu.edu</span></a> /
<a href="http://go.osu.edu/grapes"><span style="color:#BA0C2F;background:white">go.osu.edu/grapes</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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