Climate and Ag in the news
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USGCRP is pleased to announce that a draft version of the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) is now available for a 12-week public review and comment period. Additional information on this request can be found in the Federal Register Notice and in this USGCRP Open Notice. Reviews are a vital part of the NCA5 development…
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This is a year when extremes of weather have devastated many crops around the country and the world. Yahoo News reposted this story from The Guardian that describes the impact of drought, floods, and wind on five important crops across the US. And this year is not over yet either, with a potential tropical storm…
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This time of year, many newspapers and magazines post stories about why the leaves change color in the fall. Many of you may already know, but on the off-chance that you are not familiar with the process, here is a good short discussion from Popular Mechanics that describes how weather changes the strength and timing…
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Yahoo News has been running a series of articles on how climate change is affecting different parts of the country. This week they are focusing on our region, the Southeast. In our region, some of the biggest likely impacts of the warming temperatures are more heat waves due to warmer temperatures and higher humidity, stronger…
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Drought in England has led to extremely low reservoir levels and concerns about whether they are likely to rise enough to support fruit and vegetable farming next year, according to a recent story in The Guardian. Farmers are considering their crop rotations for next year with an eye to reduced availability of water, and some…
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I’ve been getting quite a few phone calls from Georgia cattle producers noting the very dry conditions have made feeding cattle very difficult right now, with no relief in sight, and some farmers having to cull their cattle because of the lack of feed. Here is a similar story from MyPanhandle.com about cattlefolk down in…
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Now that Halloween has come and gone, demand for pumpkins is going down. But Georgia producers report that they had very good yields this year due to low disease pressure because of the dry conditions we have had in the past few months. If you have pumpkins on your porch and have taken care of…