Climate and Ag in the news
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How does climate change affect your neighborhood? A new map provides a detailed look at the different factors that may make your location more or less vulnerable to a warmer climate. The vulnerability depends on the population (more children or older folk are more sensitive to heat), what the land is used for (agriculture is…
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I sometimes get asked to compare the impacts of different hurricanes on Southeastern agriculture. While every storm is unique and hits different areas at different dates which are related to crop maturity, they all provide significant impacts to the communities and agricultural areas that they hit. This article from Specialty Crop Industry discusses some of…
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When I talk about impacts of El Nino in the Southeast, I often mention that the jet stream moves south to a position that is usually located across southern AL and GA and northern FL. The jet stream pushes along the winter storm systems that bring rain (and occasionally snow) to the region. Cloud cover…
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Surveyors continue to assess damage from Hurricane Idalia in Florida and other states. Damage to agriculture is now estimated at $447 million and to Florida forests at almost $65 million. You can see images and read more at the links below. Growing Produce: What’s the Damage? Hurricane Idalia Toll on Florida Ag Upwards of $447…
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Agrivoltaics is the combined use of solar panels and agriculture under the panels that together use less energy and produce more crops. It can also provide shade for livestock. A recent article in Agritecture says this: “In 2019, a study from the universities of Arizona and Maryland found great benefits in combining solar panels and crops. Up…
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Building along Southeast coastlines is a risky business at any time due to the threats of hurricane storm surges, but rising sea levels provide a new threat to many areas. Here is a recent story from Vox.com about Miami’s building boom in recent years and how they are planning to cope with the rising sea…
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Here is a great summary of many of the impacts that Idalia had on southern Georgia agriculture, listed by different crops. It was published in Morning Ag Clips yesterday as a story from Georgia Farm Bureau. I am amazed at all the data the authors gathered along with stories from a lot of different producers…