Pam Knox
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While a lot of damage from Hurricane Idalia has already been identified, delayed damage can sometimes be observed after the crops have continued to grow after the storm. This story from Growing Produce describes some of the scouting that vegetable producers are undertaking to find additional losses from Hurricane Idalia wind and rain. A reminder…
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Here is an interesting story about how hot weather can affect silage corn and other crops, from our friends at IFAS Extension down in Florida. Florida has been going through one of their hottest growing seasons on record, so this topic is of special concern to them, but the heat may also be affecting silage…
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Rain this weekend will give way to mostly dry conditions for most of the Southeast during the work week except for Florida. Rain is moving through Alabama and Georgia on Saturday and will traverse the eastern parts of the region Sunday into Monday. The next few days will be dry before a coastal low pressure…
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Some of you have noticed that my blog post digests have not been showing up for the last few days. WordPress changed the number of emails we can send out each month and I surpassed that, so they cut me off for a few days. Because of the new limits, I will be reducing the…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that extreme (D3) drought has appeared in South Alabama as well as expanded slightly in Florida. A small area of moderate (D1) drought has also appeared in southwest Georgia. Since most rain in the next few days will be confined mostly to Florida, the area of drought in…
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As the earth’s climate changes, strawberry growers are having to deal with temperatures that are warmer than in the past. In California, they are also having to deal with increased salinity of the soil due to irrigation, leading to negative impacts on new plants. But with strawberries as a very high-value crop, producers are using…
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The latest monthly climate summary for the United States was released earlier this week by NOAA. It shows that temperatures along the southern part of the Southeast were warmer than normal but northern areas were closer to normal. Precipitation varied across the region with a band of wet conditions stretching through Alabama, Georgia, and North…
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