Climate and Ag in the news
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Several of my friends have commented to me this year how hard it has been to find a good live Christmas tree (especially at a reasonable price). There are a number of reasons for this, but one is that the weather has not been conducive to growing healthy trees. Here is a CNN story from…
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The dry weather we have had recently has had some benefits to farmers, according to my conversations with extension agents and this article from Vegetable and Specialty Crop News. Due to the low humidity and lack of rain to splash soil microbe onto the plants, disease pressure from fungal diseases is very low. This is…
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Wild pigs cause tremendous damage to farmlands and crops in the Southeast. A new study by University of Georgia researchers shows that the movement of wild pigs through the terrain depends on temperature and type of weather. This knowledge may allow farmers to more easily trap these pests before they can do too much damage.…
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You’ve probably seen many pictures of the devastation caused by the tornadoes that hit the Arkansas, Illinois, and Kentucky areas a few days ago. What you might not know is that the tornado that hit Mayfield, KY, also destroyed an Extension research farm near there. Fortunately, no one was in the building that night and…
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A recent article from UGA Extension discusses the 2021 pecan crop and how the weather adversely affected this year’s production. It includes the effect of the cold spring on pollination, wet conditions on the development of scab, and the cloudy conditions, especially late in the season, keeping the nuts from filling properly. You can read…
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The Georgia Flood Literacy Project is a project designed to help standardize terminology related to floods in the environmental, governmental, and academic sectors by establishing common flood terminology in order to facilitate clear communication and outreach. Terms related to flood hazards are being used inconsistently and interchangeably among professionals and the general public. Some flood terms are…
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UGA’s Dr. Marshall Shepherd of the Atmospheric Sciences program wrote an article for Forbes.com about the deadly tornadoes that occurred overnight in Kentucky and surrounding states that may be useful for us here in the Southeast as well. His main points: 1) Tornadoes are often deadlier at night because people are not paying attention and…