Climate and Ag in the news
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The Vegetable and Specialty Crop News published an article this week on the impact of weather on Florida peaches. Research is showing that peach leaf rust is a big issue for Florida peaches. According to the article, “Due to Florida’s hot, humid and rainy summers, peaches are much more susceptible to the rust. The disease can…
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Following the launch of Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957, both the Soviets and the United States went into a flurry of satellite building. As part of that race to space, on April 1, 1960, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the Television Infra-Red Observation Satellite (TIROS-1), the world’s first successful weather satellite.…
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution noted this morning that a variety of local spring crops are making an early appearance in stores this year due to the extremely warm winter and spring we have been having. In addition to local strawberries, asparagus, onions and pea shoots are all available in markets around the area. They are showing…
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The Southeast Farm Press published a couple of stories today about frost damage the mid-March frost on the wheat crop in North Carolina. According to the story here, wheat in the eastern part of the state survived very well, but fields in the Piedmont were almost a total loss. You can also see some pictures…
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As I write this, Hurricane Debbie is hitting the northeast coast of Australia. While it’s not the strongest hurricane to hit the country, it is still packing a punch. Newser has a story with links to other feeds about the storm as it comes onshore. One of the biggest impacts is expected to be the…
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Tom Moore, formerly of the Weather Channel and now an associate for iWeatherNet.com, has an interesting piece today on the history of weather broadcasting from its earliest inception on television to what it looks like for the future. You can read it at https://www.iweathernet.com/educational/history-broadcast-meteorology.
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The WunderBlog noted last week that we are off to a very active severe weather season this year, the most active start since 2008. We have seen some of the impacts of the season in the Southeast, with two large severe weather outbreaks in January this year. The central part of the US is likely…