Climate and Ag in the news
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UGA Pecan Specialist Lenny Wells wrote a blog post earlier this week describing the impacts of this summer and fall’s weather on the current pecan crop. According to his post, “The issues we are facing are the result of three different factors–1) excessive summer rain, leading to scab in some places and conditioning trees to…
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Now that Hurricane Melissa has moved out of the region, farmers there are starting to assess the incredible losses that they are experiencing from the devastating storm. I have not seen many actual numbers yet because it takes time to do a complete assessment of the losses, as we know from our own experiences with…
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Here’s a different way to depict the increase of the earth over time. According to the creator, Harlan Brothers, his YouTube video presents “a visualization and sonification of global temperature anomalies over land. The deviations are based on the average temperature from 1950 to 1980. Each note (and point on the graph) represents one month.…
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While the Gulf has been completely quiet this Atlantic tropical season so far, there has been plenty of activity in other parts of the Atlantic. This week, Major Hurricane Melissa is on track to make a direct hit on the island nation of Jamaica, with landfall projected to occur on Tuesday morning potentially as a…
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In the past, some corn in the Southeast has been grown for ethanol, although the closing of an ethanol producing plant in Camilla GA in 2020 reduced the market for this. A new ethanol-to-jet fuel plant in Soperton GA in 2024 may increase the market for Southeastern corn in the future. Much more corn in…
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Heat injury and even death is something that we get reminded about at the beginning of every summer in the Southeast, and for good reason. Heat-related illnesses can affect anyone, but people who work outdoors, play outside on golf courses, football fields, and lakes, or are heat-sensitive folk like older people or young children, are…
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Everyone has heard weather sayings that provide guidance on the upcoming weather. There are even some in the Bible! This Readers Digest article describes ten weather sayings that you might have heard from an older relative and discusses whether they are true or not. Can a cricket tell you what the air temperature is? Does…