Climate and Ag in the news
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With Hurricane Florence gaining strength in the Atlantic and headed towards the US East Coast, today’s GCP Roadmap question is a very compelling one. How are we currently planning for extreme weather and what could we do better? Our emergency managers across the state have already spent a lot of time thinking about this, but…
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The wildfires out west have mostly disappeared from the national news, but there are still a lot of fires burning out there. Here is an interesting story from Growing Produce on the impacts that the smoke has been having on the farming of specialty crops in that region. You can read it at https://www.growingproduce.com/vegetables/years-wildfires-impacting-specialty-crops/.
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The University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning has a new website available for landscape architects which discusses the science of climate change and strategies for adapting to warmer temperatures and rising sea levels. While it is geared for Florida landscape architects, it should contain information that is good for a lot of…
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If you are a baker and use vanilla in your baking, you have no doubt noticed that the price of real vanilla has skyrocketed in recent years as people turn towards natural flavors rather than artificial vanillin. According to a recent article in the Miami Herald, vanilla is now worth more than silver. Vanilla is…
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Here are links to two recorded webinars on irrigation which may be of some interest to crop farmers, from the Plant Management Network. Increasing the Water Use Efficiency of Irrigated and Dryland Cotton with Cover Crops Summary: Cover crops have remained a popular topic over the past few years, mainly due to the potential of the…
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Just a few minutes before I started writing this, my favorite cat-sitter and friends sent out a Facebook post from their 13th floor vacation condo on Perdido Key west of Pensacola as TS Gordon bears down on them. They are without power and water but so far are safe and dry. Yesterday they did not…
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I was interested to read this Physics Today article about how plants that are being affected by drought can actually change the composition of the atmosphere around them. When they are feeling the effects of drought, the plants close their stomata to decrease water loss. This reduces the amount of carbon dioxide that is used.…