As you may know, Ukraine and surrounding countries are considered the”Breadbasket of Europe”. One of the problems with the war there has been the inability to get out last year’s crop to make space for the new crop that is about to be harvested now. I thought these two stories…
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While we in the Southeast are watching the approach of Hurricane Ian at a critical time for crop production, the latest super typhoon in the Pacific just hit the Philippines right before the rice harvest, flattening many areas of the crop. Super Typhoon Noru hit just north of Manila, flattening…
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While it has not been too hot here in the Southeast, that is not true in other parts of the world. For example, the extreme heat in California and surrounding states has caused significant damage to crops such as lettuce, browning the edges and making them unsellable because of cosmetic…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has released a Rapid Reaction report on Hurricane Ian and its impacts on their state. You can view it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2022/10/rapid-reaction-windy-wet-ian-sweeps-through-north-carolina/. Rainfall from the storm is shown below.
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Water supplies in the Middle East can be highly variable and at times hard to come by. Lebanese farmers have used novel methods for collecting rainwater to help supplement irrigation water for crop production. But in recent years, rainfall has gotten more scarce, leading to difficulty in maintaining their crops…
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While we don’t know the status of the orange crop in Florida yet, prior to the storm making landfall speculators were concerned about a significant hit to the citrus crop from the storm, according to this article in Bloomberg (may be paywalled). Growers are already under stress due to citrus…
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The Clemson Extension agents have put out a very useful guide for things to do ahead of and after Hurricane Ian in the South Carolina Grower newsletter that folks in other areas affected by the storm may find useful. You can read it at https://scgrower.com/2022/09/28/hurricane-ian-preparation-considerations-for-fruit-and-vegetable-crops/.
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Today is the first day of astronomical fall, as we cross the ecliptic and start to see days that are shorter than 12 hours due to the tilt of the earth’s North Pole away from the sun. And even though it’s felt like summer for most of the month, the…
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