Climate and Ag in the news
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It’s the season of the year when disasters seem to become more common in the Southeast due to hurricane season, but really weather and climate disasters can happen any time of year (remember ice storms and Snowmageddon?). Often when these events occur, a disaster is declared, sometimes well in advance of the storm. But what…
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A new handbook on preparing for natural hazards like hurricanes is now available from UGA Marine Extension and Sea Grant. It is aimed at homeowners and other residents of Georgia and describes what natural hazards are likely to affect Georgia, especially in coastal areas, as well as steps they can take to prepare for and…
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A story this week in Yale Climate Connections discusses how some French wine growers are planting their vines next to trees to help keep temperatures more moderate, which will extend the ability of French varietals to grow in areas that are warming up due to climate change. Because most growers cannot move their vineyards, they…
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Is the heat making your cows uncomfortable? Heat stress on livestock can cause health issues, make cattle gain weight more slowly because they are unhappy, and even reduce fertility. This article from the American Agriculturalist points out that sometimes even small changes like changing the direction of a blowing fan or providing some shade can…
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Today’s low over southwest Georgia has brought intermittent showers to Georgia and parts of Alabama and South Carolina today. Tonight the center of rotation is near Macon, but it is expected to slowly move towards the northeast. If it moves over the warm water off the coast of the Carolinas, it has a 40 percent…
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A warm winter followed by a cool April and May and some blasts of hot weather have led to throngs of grasshoppers and other cotton pests this year, according to Alabama Extension agents quoted in Cotton Grower. The grasshoppers are especially numerous in the coastal plain where they do better in the sandy soil there.…
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Almost everyone in the Southeast knows that Georgia and Florida have been fighting a legal battle for many years now about the amount of water that should flow from Georgia to Florida into Apalachicola Bay in the Gulf of Mexico, the so-called “Water War.” It’s gone all the way to the Supreme Court and then…
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