Climate and Ag in the news
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The Clemson Extension agents have put out a very useful guide for things to do ahead of and after Hurricane Ian in the South Carolina Grower newsletter that folks in other areas affected by the storm may find useful. You can read it at https://scgrower.com/2022/09/28/hurricane-ian-preparation-considerations-for-fruit-and-vegetable-crops/.
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As you may know, Ukraine and surrounding countries are considered the”Breadbasket of Europe”. One of the problems with the war there has been the inability to get out last year’s crop to make space for the new crop that is about to be harvested now. I thought these two stories about farming in Ukraine and…
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While we in the Southeast are watching the approach of Hurricane Ian at a critical time for crop production, the latest super typhoon in the Pacific just hit the Philippines right before the rice harvest, flattening many areas of the crop. Super Typhoon Noru hit just north of Manila, flattening crops and buildings. This after…
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Today is the first day of astronomical fall, as we cross the ecliptic and start to see days that are shorter than 12 hours due to the tilt of the earth’s North Pole away from the sun. And even though it’s felt like summer for most of the month, the cold front that went through…
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After a very dry June followed by a rainy and cloudy July and August producers are happy to see sunny skies and no rain to help prepare their crops for harvest. Cotton and other crops have been hampered by the lack of sunshine which has delayed crop development and the wet, humid conditions have caused…
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The weather last winter gave peach growers frustrating conditions in Georgia and Alabama. A cold November 2021 brought plenty of chill hours to the Southeast. Then an early warm-up caused the early blooming varieties of fruit trees to flower earlier than usual. But temperatures down to the 20s on March 13 caused significant loss of…
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Outside magazine posted an interesting story this week about recent observations of spruce trees found by scientists studying the Arctic tundra. These trees are growing in a spot that has not seen trees for the last 20,000 years. This is interesting but also concerning because it shows that the climate even in this space inhospitable…