Climate and Ag in the news
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The Southeast Farm Press released a short article on five causes of cattle death that are not common but become more frequent in drought or after frost. This year due to the drought livestock producers need to keep a careful watch on this. You can read more about this here. Lee Jones, University of…
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You might not think it is possible to farm north of the Arctic Circle, where cold is normal and the sun is below the horizon for months at a time. But local folk are using creative strategies and advanced technology to produce local food in areas that were never used for food production before. You…
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Matt Daniel of WMAZ in Macon tweeted this story by Claire Davis about how the drought in central Georgia is affecting Christmas tree growers. You can find it at https://twitter.com/rclairedavis/status/794221788406448128.
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The National Weather Service is considering making changes to the way forecasts are made and disseminated. According to their press release here, they are planning to “realign staff and functions to deliver weather forecasts and warnings more effectively.” While they say that it will not result in the closure of local NWS offices, it may…
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Environment 360 has an interesting story about how rising sea levels are killing off forests near sea level due to the impacts of salt water intrusion into wetlands near the coast. The trees have become a “ghost forest” of dead trees surrounded by marsh grass. Changes like this are occurring at many places along the…
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I love to eat, and so I am always looking for stories on food in the Southeast. This morning the New York Times posted an article about a new specialty oil that is taking the culinary world by storm–green peanut oil. It was developed here in Pitts, Georgia, and is now starting to be recognized…
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CNN has a sobering video posted at https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/11/02/arctic-ice-animation-orig-bu.cnn. It shows how much the perennial sea ice has disappeared between 1984 and the present. With such big changes in the ice cover in the Arctic, no wonder the weather patterns in the Northern Hemisphere are changing so much. It’s probably not surprising that at the same time…