Climate and Ag in the news
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If you are a citrus grower or thinking of becoming one, you will want to look at this. UF/IFAS Extension did a study of their citrus experimental plots at Quincy FL following the passage of Hurricane Michael last year. The study showed that some varieties and rootstocks survived the hurricane winds much better than other…
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Now that it is fall, livestock producers are starting to think about how to feed their cattle over the winter. If you use warm-season forages, then you have to feed hay or grain to your cattle over the winter months. Adding cool-season annual forages to the mix can cut costs and keep your cattle healthy.…
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Growing Produce has a nice summary article this week on how weather conditions like hot temperatures, high humidity and wind affect the development and movement of insect pests that affect vegetable crops. While this article is written for the southwestern US, many of the same characteristics affect pests here in the Southeast. You can read…
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Yale Climate Connections has a brief but excellent summary of some of the impacts that changing climate is having on food production in today’s posting. They include the impacts of extreme weather, water scarcity, and changing seasons. You can read it here.
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The Southeast Regional Climate Hub has published their newsletter for Fall 2019. You can read it at https://mailchi.mp/ncsu/serch-2019-fall-newsletter?e=04d8214f9d.
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I am attending the National Drought Monitor Forum this week in Kentucky, and have been learning a lot of interesting things about the Drought Monitor and some of the changes that they are making to the web site and the maps. One new thing they have added is a state-by-state lists of different impacts expected…
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I am starting to get asked whether I think that this warm summer says anything about what the coming winter will be like. Apparently, I am not the only one. Kirk Mellish of WSB in Atlanta writes in his latest blog post that it is apparently on a lot of people’s minds. His thoughts about…
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