Climate and Ag in the news
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If you have trees that have been blown over by Hurricane Irma or local strong winds, you may be able to assist them into an upright position again, according to this article by Dario Chavez posted in Growing Georgia. The key is to be gentle and to not force the tree upright. It’s also important…
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AgWeb posted an article from the Associated Press this past week describing just some of the heartbreaking losses that Puerto Rican farmers are experiencing from Hurricane Maria. Impacts are both from the storm itself and from the aftermath with the continuing loss of power, which is a major problem for the significant dairy industry on the…
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Here’s an astounding fact on timber losses in Florida due to Hurricane Irma from David Zierden on Twitter, passed on from the Florida Forest Service: the amount totalled $1.633Billion, equal to about five of Florida’s annual timber harvests. I have not seen similar loss estimates for Georgia or South Carolina so far.
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Many experts believe that fights about water will dominate the future, as water becomes more in demand as populations grow, especially in urban areas, and warmer temperatures lead to more evaporation. Fox News posted a story this week about fears in Egypt due to the construction of a huge dam upstream on the Nile in…
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Weather Underground posted a story about the effects of the heavy rain on the water level of Lake Okeechobee today. It describes how rain from Hurricane Irma brought the water level up to over 16 feet above sea level. They can only remove about a quarter inch of water from the lake every day through…
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One of the things that weather events of the past month have taught us is that our society is not prepared to deal with extreme weather that we already know from experience is happening now. Over 60 inches of rain near Beaumont TX in just a couple of days! Winds of 185 mph in Puerto…
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Vegetable Growers News reported this week that many vegetable growers in Florida were not insured and will face significant losses from Hurricane Irma, including plants that were already in the ground as well as plastic sheeting used to prepare strawberry fields for the upcoming season. USDA reported in a study earlier this year that only…