Climate and Ag in the news
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You may have heard about all the heavy rain events California has experienced over the last couple of weeks associated with atmospheric rivers. Growing Produce posted a series of photos showing some of the damage caused to strawberry growers there due to all the rain. Very sad to look at, and an indication of how…
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The Southeast Farm Press had an interesting article this week on a new world record yield for dryland corn of over 459 bushels per acre set in North Carolina this past year. In addition to careful management of nitrogen and other nutrients and use of a cover crop and enhanced organic matter in the soil…
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Here’s a neat data project showing the most common crop by acreage for every county in the United States. The overall winner is—hay! Of course, there is a lot of variation, with the Corn Belt having the most acres in corn (big surprise!), South Georgia in cotton, and eastern North Carolina in sorghum. There are…
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The rain that has fallen in the last couple of weeks in California has been a mixed blessing for farmers there. While the rain has reduced drought levels and provided snow pack for irrigation later this year, it has also caused a lot of damage to farm fields and crops. Fruit Farmers News posted a…
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Christmas weekend wasn’t the most wonderful time of year for Georgia fruit growers, as historically low temperature had them scrambling to frost protect their crop. Damon Jones of the Georgia Farm Bureau tells you what measures had to be taken and how much damage their crop received at one farm in South Georgia in this…
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While the Christmas freeze is well in the past for most of us, some forage producers are still seeing the impacts affecting their fields. Here is some advice from UF/IFAS on what happened and what to do if your forage was severely impacted by the frigid weather: Impacts of the Christmas Freeze on Forages –…
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Since the UGA Weather Network is down for the next few days due to the tornado that moved through Griffin yesterday, here is some information on alternate sources of weather information that growers might find useful. Since the UGA Weather Network is down for a few days due to the loss of power and internet…