Climate and Ag in the news
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Modern Farmer had an interesting story this week about agricultural statistics–the counts of acreage, farm size, crops planted, and other measures of agricultural production. In the story, the author points out that from one census to the next changes in how the counts are made can make it look like tremendous changes have occurred in…
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The Southeast Regional Climate Center posted a link to this interesting story about college football and Hurricane Hugo on their Facebook page today. The past two weeks have marked the anniversaries of several major hurricanes that hit the Southeast, including Hugo, Ivan and Katrina. Here is an impact that you might not have considered. Not…
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Clint Thompson reported this week in Growing Georgia that the number of kudzu bugs in soybean fields this year has been drastically lower than the past few years. Wayne Gardner, a UGA entomologist from Griffin, attributes this to the cold weather we had across the Southeast this winter. A tiny Asian wasp may also have…
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AgWeb published a story today on new temperature trend maps that were recently produced by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). These maps show long-term temperature trends for each state for 1895 to the present. You can look at both average temperature and maximum and minimum temperature separately. The graphs are also divided into seasonal…
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Two stories in the news this week highlight potential advantages growers have in choosing a crop that not only matches the local climate but also takes advantage of market potential. The Modern Farmer released a story this week which described the growing peony crop in Alaska. This hardy plant can survive temperatures up to 60…
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Dr. Marshall Shepherd was one of the speakers at our recent SRECA conference in Athens, GA. He is also the host of WxGeeks on The Weather Channel and the head of the atmospheric sciences program and a geography professor at the University of Georgia. Dr. Shepherd recently posted a blog entry which discusses some common…
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Yesterday the South Carolina Drought Response Committee official declared nine counties covering the Edisto basin in incipient drought, the lowest of four levels. This is the first drought declaration in the state since April 2013. You can read more about this at TheState.com.