Pam Knox
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Popular Science: ‘Fugitive dust’ seems to have caused last summer’s salmonella outbreak from peaches
I just ran across this June 2021 story from Popular Science on the impacts of wind on tainted peaches. An outbreak of salmonella on California peaches came up with a surprising source of the contamination–dust from nearby chicken and cattle farms. Fortunately, in this case no one died although 28 people were hospitalized. But it…
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UPDATE: Recording available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WUAGtGpRbg. The webinar will provide updated information on the climate, water, and drought status of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin. This drought assessment webinar is brought to you by the Auburn University Water Resources Center and the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS). Even if you are not in the ACF…
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Due to computer maintenance I was not able to post yesterday. The 7-day QPF map for this week shows moderate rains of around an inch are expected to fall. Most of it will occur on Wednesday and Thursday, with lesser amounts Sunday through Tuesday and next weekend. Some areas are getting a little dry, so…
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With the recent declaration of a La Niña, producers are looking for advice about what to plan for in the coming months. Here is a good story from Southeast Farm Press describing some of the considerations that farmers should keep in mind now that we know a La Niña is occurring. It quotes Dr. Brenda…
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The latest 3-month outlook for November 2021 through January 2022 was released by NOAA today. It shows that they expect the climate pattern over the winter to be aligned with the building La Nina, which was officially declared earlier this month. In a typical La Nina, the southern US is warmer and drier than usual…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, show that an area of abnormally dry (D0) conditions was introduced to eastern Georgia this week. Similar conditions also expanded in South Carolina and remained in Virginia and North Carolina essentially unchanged from last week. In Puerto Rico, the area of moderate drought (D1) contracted substantially due to…
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If you’ve followed the tropics for the past few years, you know how many recent hurricanes and tropical storms have hit the Louisiana coast. The agricultural devastation has been sobering. Here is a long story from AgWeb about a farm couple who live and work about 20 miles from the coast in Louisiana and how…