Climate and Ag in the news
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The Packer reported today that the Vidalia onion crop this year is looking very good. They report that “after early-season rain thinned some stands, recent near-ideal growing conditions have raised expectations for the start of the Vidalia onion season in April.” Good weather in March has helped speed the development of the crop and…
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As I was flying to San Antonio this week to attend the eXtension conference, I noticed the tremendous flooding near the Mississippi River due to the recent heavy rains. Sadly, I could not get a photo because I was not in a window seat. In a previous blog post I attributed this to an atmospheric…
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Meteosat Europe produced a spectacular image of Cyclone Gaby over the Sahara Desert today. You can see it below. The winds associated with this storm are pulling air from the Sahara Desert and blowing sand and dust across the Mediterranean and into parts of Europe. You can see some pictures of the dust in several…
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One of the hopes from this year’s strong El Niño was that it would bring enough rain to make a significant dent in the long-term drought conditions there. But while parts of the Golden State received quite a bit of rain from this winter’s storms, particularly in northern California, the amount that was received was…
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If you like time lapse videos of clouds, aurora, or other natural systems, you are sure to like this video I saw promoted by EarthSky. It shows a time lapse of clouds and fireflies at night. Unfortunately for us all, fireflies are becoming much more rare due to changes in land use as well as…
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A friend of mine posted an interesting article from Texas AgriLife about the liability landowners may have from weather-related accidents at https://agrilife.org/texasaglaw/2016/03/21/liability-landowner-blowing-dust-causes-highway-accident/. In the past I’ve been asked to look at multi-year accidents related to runaway controlled burns and their impact on the creation of dense fog. Other lawsuits could involve badly graded drainage which puts…
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Since the President and First Family are visiting Cuba this week, Marshall Shepherd of UGA put together a description of the weather and climate conditions in Cuba for his Forbes.com blog here. One of the interesting things in the article is how much Hurricane Sandy devastated the island nation, well before it hit the New…