Climate and Ag in the news
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Today is the first day of climatological fall, which covers the period from September 1 through November 30. We should feel cool and pretty (at least relative to summer) temperatures for the next few days before the humidity returns this weekend. Enjoy it while you can!
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It’s still pretty early to see detailed assessments of damage caused by the wind, surge, and rain of Hurricane Ida, but a few stories have appeared in the press so far. Here are the ones I have seen in the last couple of days. Infrastructure used to store and transport grain is one of the…
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According to an article this week in the Southeast Farm Press, this year’s weather in North Carolina has been almost perfect for growers. The corn crop is particularly good due to weather conditions early in the summer. The cotton is doing well but still needs some moisture before it is mature. Peanuts are also doing…
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Today Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana around noon local time with winds of 150 mph, a storm surge up to 16 feet by at least one report, and torrential rains that could bring up to 20 inches of rain to the area. The winds, surge, and rain brought widespread damage to the area, with…
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Today Ida was upgraded to a hurricane. With exceptionally warm water in the Gulf of Mexico, there is a high potential that the storm may reach a category 4 major hurricane before it makes landfall in Louisiana west of New Orleans. That will put NOLA in the right front quadrant of the storm as it…
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Earlier this week, NOAA released their 31st annual State of the Climate report jointly with the American Meteorological Society and published it as a special supplement to the Bulletin of the AMS. As expected, it shows rising temperatures and new record-high released in greenhouse gases. Notable findings from the international report include: Earth’s greenhouse gases…
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While there is a drought out west, here in the Southeast we have seen an abundance of rain this year. That has led to very wet soils and all the problems that go with them. Here is a good story from Morning Ag Clips on approaches you can take as home gardeners to help your…
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