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OVS serves the wine grape industry from its “2
stores in 1” approach, Ag Supplies & Chemicals and
Tractors & Equipment. Growers may want to ensure
they are receiving the monthly
OVS Outlook Newsletter and review
the OVS
Conventional Wine Grape and
Organic Wine Grape spray programs. OVS
holds a "Spray Day" for wine grape growers
each spring, free of charge.
OVS also serves
the wine grape industry with work from Results
Partners (RP), a full service Vineyard Development
and Management Company. RP is a sister company to
OVS. RP is dedicated to producing the highest
quality grapes at the lowest cost to their clients,
using farming practices that are socially and
environmentally acceptable. You may visit with RP by
clicking
here or clicking the "Vineyard
Services" section on the
Home page.
Currently, Kevin
Chambers, an OVS Principal, serves as past-president
of the following organizations: Oregon Wine Board
(www.oregonwine.org),
the Oregon Vineyard Industry Database (http://ovd.us),
the
Oregon Winegrowers Association and the
Trust for Oregon Wine Education and Research.
Mark Gibbs, OVS Crop Consultant, serves on the Chemeketa
Community College Viticulture Advisory Board and he
is a board member of L.I.V.E (Low Input Viticulture
and Enology).
Additionally, to
assure our staff is kept aware of industry issues,
other OVS associates regularly attend the Salem Area
wine growers monthly meeting. OVS is also a Service
Member of the Oregon Winegrowers Association.
Wine grapes are
the backbone of the OVS business. OVS, founded by
Mark Benoit, has served the local industry for over
20 years. It’s now an employee owned company with
over 90
employees.
The wine grape
industry harvested 38,600 tons of fruit in 2007, for
a cash value of over $72.6 million.
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A 2005 economic
impact study conducted by Full Glass Research states
that the industry provides more than $1.4 billion in
economic activity for the state, as reflected in
wages, revenue, taxes and spending on agriculture
and production technology and supplies for Oregon’s
wine and wine grape industries and other wine
related industries.
Statistics from the National Agricultural Statistics
Service show that in 2007, Oregon had 370 wineries,
producing wine under 442 different labels and 743
vineyards with a total of 14,100 acres. The grape
industry ranked 10th
out of Oregon’s top 40 commodities in 2007 (http://oregon.gov/ODA/docs/pdf/pubs/ff.pdf).
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