Climate and Ag in the news
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If you purchase a live Christmas tree each year, you might find prices a bit higher than what you paid in previous years. According to several articles on the internet, this is due to a shortage of trees caused by the 2008 recession (which caused farmers to plant fewer trees), heat, and too much rain…
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In my job I work with a number of producers that are looking for new crops to grow in Georgia. One of these crops is satsumas, a mandarin orange that grows well in Georgia because it is cold resistant down to 15 F. The satsuma crop is expected to hit Georgia markets this week, with…
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I am not a podcast listener in general, but many of my friends are. If you enjoy the weather and have time to listen to podcasts as you drive around or work, here is a list of 15 weather-related podcasts that you can listen to to learn about what’s happening in the world of weather…
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Yahoo Finance News posted an interesting story about the problems that peach farmers in Greece are having due to fluctuating weather. Heavy rains have caused some peach skins to split, reducing value and introducing rot. High temperatures have also increased disease and rot problems. Other farmers have also seen increased problems in the past few…
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CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Studies) at the University of Colorado-Boulder posted an interesting story earlier this week about how changes in climate, specifically a megadrought, may have contributed to the collapse of the Assyrian Empire in the 7th century BC. Assyria was one of the most powerful empires on earth and was…
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It’s ten days until the end of the Atlantic hurricane season, and as I write this, named storm #19, Sebastien, is moving through the Central Atlantic (no threat to the Southeast, happily). It’s predicted to become a hurricane on Thursday. It’s been a busy year, which was predicted by NOAA and other groups, but what…
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With nearly the entire globe warming (although some parts are warming faster than others), it will take concerted effort by everyone to help reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and reduce the trend towards warmer conditions. Farmers are an integral part of this, and many of the actions they can take are…
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