Climate and Ag in the news
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This week, The Week posted a story describing how climate is likely to change in Florida in the coming decades based on quotes from a variety of climate scientists and policy-makers. Florida is uniquely placed in the Southeast because of its location as a peninsula jutting out into the area where tropical storms are active.…
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The dry summer and fall has led to delays in the shuck split for Stuart pecan varieties, according to Lenny Wells, the UGA pecan specialist, as quoted in a recent edition of Specialty Crop Newsletter. The average date of 50% open is October 20, so they have been delayed somewhat this year. Wells encourages producers…
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One question that I often get asked by farmers is how we can reduce the use of fossil fuels like diesel in farm production to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. After all, tractors, harvesting equipment, and water pumps nearly all run on these fuels, which are efficient and portable. However, there are a lot…
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The weather across the country in various peanut-growing areas was one of the key factors that affected peanut yield this year, according to an article this week in Southeast Farm Press. Many acres in Texas had to be abandoned due to the extreme drought there, while in the Southeast, weather may have been a factor…
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Here is a story you might not expect to read in this blog, but it was too good not to mention. Newser posted a story about the remarkable tale about three cows that were swept out to sea from North Carolina’s Cedar Island in the 2019 Hurricane Dorian and found, much to everyone’s surprise, weeks…
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A new study by scientists in the United Kingdom shows that more frequent extremes of weather during the growing season is causing it to be more difficult to grow wheat than in previous decades, according to a story in Meteorological Technology International this week. In the past, wheat crops were fairly resilient to an extreme…
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Measuring the impacts of a single extreme weather event can be difficult. Extension agents in Florida have an even tougher job since they are assessing delayed impacts from a frost last spring plus both Hurricanes Ian and Nicole, some of which ran over the same area. If an area was already impacted by one event…