Spring season brings summer heat to Georgia

Written by

Pam Knox

May 24, 2019

Clint Thompson of UGA has an article out this week discussing the impacts of the hot weather on cotton and other crops in Georgia. You can read it and find a link to my blog on the summer outlook at https://newswire.caes.uga.edu/story.html?storyid=7972.

Irrigation at work on the UGA Tifton Campus. It is May 23 and has been a couple of weeks since South Georgia has received substantial rainfall. With little to no rain in the forecast, farmers are utilizing irrigation to water their crops.

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The “Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast” blog is provided by the Associate Dean of Extension as a service to Extension agents and agricultural producers across the Southeast US. Come here to find out information about the impacts of weather and climate on agriculture across Georgia and beyond.