Climate and Ag in the news
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For those of you who missed the monthly climate webinar for the Southeast and would like to watch it now, you can view a video of the webinar at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JscdzjwyDU&feature=youtu.be .
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Here is a good basic article on natural and human causes of climate change from The Conversation. This article focuses on the role of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, although of course there are other causes too, such as land use changes, changes in albedo from sea and land ice, and solar radiation changes. You…
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Vegetable and Specialty Crop News posted a story this week about all of the natural disasters that have affected Georgia blueberry growers over the past few years. In previous years it has been late frosts and tropical storms; this year it was severe weather in the form of heavy hail that wiped out crops at…
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The National Hurricane Center’s map of 5-day potential tropical activity shows a wide region off the Atlantic Coast with a 70 percent chance of developing into a tropical system, although the chance in the next 48 hours is near zero. If this does develop into a tropical storm, it would be named Arthur, and would…
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Watermelon supplies have been somewhat limited this year because of poor weather in Mexico and a hot and dry March and April which affected pollination in southern Florida where many melons are grown. But prices are good because of the lower yields, and demand is up now that more stores and supply chains are opening…
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As the temperature and humidity in the Southeast increase over the next few decades under the influence of global warming, heat stress on agricultural workers working outdoors is expected to nearly double by 2050, according to a recent article in Modern Farmer. This will mean that workers need to switch to lighter clothing, be given…
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In the last two weeks I have received a couple of emails asking me about a new hurricane insurance program that is being offered to producers which will help cover agricultural losses in case of a hurricane passing over their farm. I can’t give you advice on whether or not it would be worth it,…