Climate and Ag in the news
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If you and your farm have been impacted by hurricanes in 2024, you may still be working on applying for disaster assistance. Fortunately, FEMA has extended the deadline for applying for assistance to February 7, 2025. You can find more information from WGXA here or directly from FEMA at https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20250108/georgians-have-one-month-left-apply-fema-assistance-deadline. Clint Thompson noted in Specialty…
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Over the last few days I have received several questions about media reports of much colder weather that is expected to move into the Southeast over the next couple of weeks. In many cases this has been tied to ominous pictures of snowfall maps showing up to a foot of snow falling in one location…
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The earth experienced the winter solstice early in the morning on December 21, marking the day when the sun appears to be the lowest in the sky before it starts gradually climbing again. The days will start to increase in length again by a few minutes a day as we head through winter and towards…
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I am happy to hear that Congress has gotten its act together and voted for a continuing resolution to keep the government going for a few more months that also includes relief for our farmers, who were hit so hard by tropical weather and other disasters this year. It is also a relief for many…
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Raspberries don’t grow well in the Southeast because it is too warm for them to do well except in cooler areas at higher elevations, according to this recent article in Growing Produce. Fruit farmers are now experimenting with long-cane raspberries grown in tall tunnels and have grown them successfully event in the hot summer. The…
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Did you know that onions have been used in the past to predict the next year’s weather? Neither did I. Gastro Obscura has a very interesting article this week describing how twelve layers from a freshly-cut onion were salted and left overnight to see how they reacted to predict what the climate would be for…
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Satellites have given us the ability to look for patterns over large parts of the globe. Google Earth, which provides these images along with mapping capabilities, has given us the chance to look for patterns like straight lines in the local terrain. In the past, Landsat photos have been used to identify tornado tracks in…