Climate and Ag in the news
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One of the projects that support this blog has announced that they have a newly designed web site and national blog on animal agriculture in a changing climate. That blog previously covered just the Midwest but has now expanded to cover the entire US. You can find a description of the new blog and web…
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AgWeb reports that Illinois farmers are seeing what could be their best yields ever on corn this year, in a story here. The farmers say that the combination of timely rains with a relatively cool summer has led to great production by their corn plants, even though the crops are about a week behind normal.…
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The Pentagon released a new report this week which discusses how the military will prepare for adapting to changes in climate which could impact operations around the globe. In particular, rising sea levels threaten military facilities along coastlines, sea lanes will change as the Arctic Ocean becomes more open due to melting sea ice, and…
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Even though the storm system hitting the eastern US today is pretty strong, it pales in comparison to the massive low pressure center south of Iceland in the northeast Atlantic Ocean today. For a great picture of the streamlines of wind across the North Atlantic, go to https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-56.44,38.74,563 and watch the wind in motion. I’ve…
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A recent report on CNN.com lists some problems that farmers in Africa and other developing areas are experiencing due to recent changes in climate, including increased pest pressure and the need to change crops that are more appropriate for the newer climate. The writer points out that farmers can increase yields and food security by…
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NBC News had a story online today about droughts across North, Central and South American and their impacts on agriculture. The California drought is the one that is making the biggest news splash, and I have had many stories on this blog listing some of the variety of agricultural effects this drought has had. But…
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Cold weather and frosts are causing problems for farmers in the upper Midwest this month. Farmers planted crops late due to cold and wet spring conditions and are concerned that frost and cold, damp weather could cause reductions in yield due to immaturity. AgWeb posted a story about these problems, which is available here. The…
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