Climate and Ag in the news
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Nature published an article in June showing that using no-till agriculture cooled fields in Europe by up to two degrees C on the hottest days of summer. The cooling was caused by increased reflection off of the fields from the cover, which reflected more sunlight than the bare dark earth and kept the energy balance…
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A couple of articles this week discussed breeding tomatoes and sweet peas to take advantage of different weather and climate conditions while also improving marketability. Food Arts magazine described recent work by Calvin Lamborn, the first man to produce the commercial sugar snap pea in 1979. He is now working to produce new breeds with…
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After a lengthy development period, the National Hurricane Center has identified a good circulation in the disturbance previously known as Tropical Depression 4 and has named it Tropical Storm Cristobal. The movement of this storm is slow and forecasts of the path show that it will have minimal impact on the Southeast. The greatest impacts…
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The Grower reported this week that TS Iselle destroyed a significant part of the papaya crop for this year, killing over 20 percent of all Hawaiian papaya trees. High winds and torrential rain also caused widespread power outages and flooding. However, because of advance notice of the storm’s movement, Maui onion growers were able to…
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NOAA’s Climate.gov blog this week talks about several different climate patterns which may affect the predictability of seasonal climate. There are a number of different patterns which can affect climate over time, including long-term trends, El Nino, the North Atlantic (also sometimes called Arctic) Oscillation, and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. This blog post describes the…
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The National Drought Monitor released their latest drought map today and severe drought (D2–dark tan on drought map) showed up for the first time in Georgia since March 19, 2013. Two small areas in south central and southwest Georgia were identified and are well correlated with the lowest departures from normal over the last 90…
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The SE Cattle Advisor blog (https://www.secattleadvisor.com/)posted a wonderful essay on stockmanship this week. This essay was written by Dr. Lee Jones of the UGA School of Veterinary Medicine. You can read the full essay by clicking here. Here is the first paragraph to start you off: “Stockmanship, like sustainability, is a commonly used word that many…