The EDEN Wednesday blog posting linked to a great article by Tom Skilling of WGN in Chicago describing more about the current weather pattern that has been affecting weather across the country. Tom is one of the premier meteorologists in media today, and his blog posting does a great job…
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I want to take a minute today to recognize colleague and friend Julia Gaskin from UGA for being honored at the Georgia Organics annual meeting last weekend for her work, along with long-time Athens resident Eric Wagoner, on sustainable agriculture in the state of Georgia. These folks epitomize the use…
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The Washington Post posted an article yesterday discussing grass-fed beef and how production methods affect the balance of greenhouse gases like methane. Since cows produce methane as part of the digestion process, and methane can increase global warming by absorbing infrared radiation being given off from the Earth, this is…
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AgWeb published a story today on predictions that farmers in the northern part of the country may face delays in spring planting due to the winter conditions this year. The maps below show the 60 day departures from normal for temperature (left) and precipitation (right) from the High Plains Regional…
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I don’t know about you, but I am ready for spring. But while we’re waiting for the next storm to hit northern parts of the Southeast tomorrow, here are a few stories about winter storms that might be of interest to you. Yahoo News has a story colorfully entitled “Why…
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations released a news article this morning based on a talk given to the International Forum on Agriculture and Climate Change. In it, the FAO Director-General discussed current agricultural methods and how, even though farmers produce more food than what is needed…
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Rome Ethredge reported in the Seminole Crop E News blog that some farmers in southwest Georgia are starting to plant sweet corn, although field corn has not been planted yet. He noted that at their corn meeting this past week Dr. Dewey Lee, UGA grains scientist, said that 2 inch…
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