Hello Dear Readers, and welcome to the weekend! I wanted to give you a quick update this week as we proceed with harvest. Below is the precipitation, GDD and phenological information from the Kentville Research Centre. Table 1. Precipitation totals for the Kentville Research and Development Centre by month. Month 25-Year Average (mm) Current Year (mm) April 81.5 54.0 May 74.0 29.8 June 95.5 83.0 July 81.3 201.7 August 94.5 30.1 September 104.1 65.5** October 115.8 **Up to September 19, 2024 Table 2. Growing degree days up to September 19, 2024. All temperature data were recorded at the Kentville Research and Development Centre. Single sine degree days, base of 0 °C starting o