Climate and Ag in the news
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Rome Ethredge posted a link to a video interview off one of his peanut farmers in Seminole County in SW Georgia this week in his blog Seminole Crop E News. The interview discusses how this year’s weather has impacted this year’s peanut crop in that part of the state. I think you’ll enjoy the perspective…
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As someone with an interest in astronomy, I was fascinated by this video showing a real-life model of the solar system built on a desert playa 7 miles long. You can read about it at Scientific American here and see the video at https://www.space.com/30590-solar-system-built-to-scale-in-nevada-desert-video.html. Our universe is amazing!
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Vegetable Growers News published an article this month about improving food safety of fresh vegetables by waiting a day after rainfall or irrigation before harvesting. Wet soils are more susceptible to Listeria, which can cause food borne illnesses. By waiting a day to harvest farmers make it less likely that the produce will have listeria present on…
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The Drought Monitor map released yesterday showed some slight improvement in drought across the Southeast due to recent rains, although there was expansion of drought in Texas and other central parts of the US. Considering how much rain we received yesterday from the low slowly crossing the Southeast, we can expect more relief on next…
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EarthGauge has an interesting article today on some impacts that are currently affecting national parks around the nation as the globe warms. It features two parks from the Southeast: Great Smoky Mountain National Park and Everglades National Park. You can read the article at https://www.earthgauge.net/2015/your-national-parks-and-climate-change.
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Hurricane specialists have noted that this has been one of the quietest hurricane seasons in the Western Atlantic since records began. You have to go back to 1914 to find a year with so few hurricanes in that region (through September 22). A number of news articles have been written about this hurricane “drought”, including this one…
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The forecasts for rainfall for Thursday night into Friday put parts of northeast Georgia and most of South Carolina into the area of potential heavy precipitation. One to three inches are possible as a low moves through the area from the Gulf of Mexico. If you have been curing hay due to the recent dry…