Climate and Ag in the news
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Growing Georgia posted a new story about the impacts of Hurricane Michael from the standpoint of several farmers in southwest Georgia. The impacts are going to be felt in many ways for years to come. You can read the story at https://georgia.growingamerica.com/features/2018/10/hurricane-michaels-destruction-land-crops-and-property.
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Sharon Dowdy of UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has an interesting story this week about how farmers and extension agents in southwest Georgia are coping after the devastating effect of Hurricane Michael earlier this month. Lots of good stories about what happened to farmers around the area and how they are getting back…
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The Southeast Farm Press reported this week that the National Cotton Council is asking for farmers’ help in identifying losses due to the winds and rain of Hurricane Michael earlier this month. They have a brief form to fill out which will help them tabulate the losses from the storm. You can read more and…
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Previously I’ve reported on agricultural losses due to Hurricane Michael in Georgia and Alabama. Today Morning Ag Clips reported that Florida’s loss to crops due to the storm was a total of $158 million. Of that, $51 million was from the almost complete loss of cotton in the state. Greenhouses, nurseries and floriculture lost $39…
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EarthSky, Space and other online sites have pointed out the odd occurrence of a persistent cloud on Mars which is quite large. It is emanating from the Arsia Mons volcano but does not appear to be from an eruption. Instead, it is thought to be a cloud formed by orographic flow over the mountain, similar…
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Georgia Climate Project: How can Georgia increase climate sequestration in agriculture and forestry?
This week’s question from the Georgia Climate Project’s Roadmap has to deal with opportunities that Georgians might have for capturing carbon from the air using trees or agricultural techniques. Pulling carbon dioxide from the air has the benefit of reducing the increase in greenhouse gases that is occurring across the world, but could also present…
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Growing Produce published a story this week on the much lower production of sweet potatoes this year, due in part to the weather. Production was already expected to be down since prices have been fairly low, but the combination of poor weather in spring and summer and the heavy rainfall from Hurricane Florence in September…