Pam Knox
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that the area covered by drought increased in Alabama, Florida, and Virginia but had only slight changes in the other states of the Southeast this past week. Dry conditions since then may result in further increases in dryness in next week’s map except in areas that could be…
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Building along Southeast coastlines is a risky business at any time due to the threats of hurricane storm surges, but rising sea levels provide a new threat to many areas. Here is a recent story from Vox.com about Miami’s building boom in recent years and how they are planning to cope with the rising sea…
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Here is a great summary of many of the impacts that Idalia had on southern Georgia agriculture, listed by different crops. It was published in Morning Ag Clips yesterday as a story from Georgia Farm Bureau. I am amazed at all the data the authors gathered along with stories from a lot of different producers…
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The latest El Nino outlook, issued last week, shows that we are currently in an El Nino and that it is likely to continue through spring before transitioning to neutral conditions. The forecasts give it a 71% chance of being a strong El Nino, but that does not necessarily translate to strong impacts. Having said…
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Many of you complain about how poor the seasonal forecasts are and how much you would like to have better long-range forecasts for planning purposes. While predicting a specific weather event a year in advance is never going to happen, you might be interested in reading this story from Growing Produce on advances that scientists…
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OK, this really does not have anything to do with agriculture in the Southeast, I just thought it was cool. I have never seen an onion this big. How about you? It is in the process of being verified as a new world record at 19.77 pounds. Read more here.
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It is the time of year that farmers are trying to determine when to harvest their crops. For peanuts, maturity depends not only on the time since planting, but the weather conditions since that time. Both temperature and precipitation can affect the time to produce mature peanuts, so producers need to monitor both weather and…