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The Southeast Farm Press published an article today that said the losses to agriculture due to the wind, storm surge and flooding of Hurricane Florence have been estimated at $125 million to South Carolina alone. Since flooding is still going on there, and in some cases the water is still…
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The Packer wrote in an article this week that the prices of sweet potatoes rose after Hurricane Florence brought flooding rain to many sweet potato fields earlier this week. Some farmers were able to harvest a portion of their crops but many others were left in the ground. According to…
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As you can imagine, there have been many stories in the news about the impacts of Hurricane Florence’s winds, storm surge and rainfall on agriculture. Here are some of the ones I have found interesting. Tough to be a farmer under such extreme conditions! Much more to come as flood…
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There have been several stories in the news today about how farmers are dealing with the potential blow from Hurricane Florence. Here is one from the Southeast Farm Press that provides a good look at what producers are busy doing in the days leading up to landfall. The outer rain…
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This is an oldie but a goodie published in 2008 when several tropical storms were moving towards North Carolina. If you have a small farm in the region that Florence is expected to go through, you might find the advice about greenhouses and planting useful. Note that Florence is likely…
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The wildfires out west have mostly disappeared from the national news, but there are still a lot of fires burning out there. Here is an interesting story from Growing Produce on the impacts that the smoke has been having on the farming of specialty crops in that region. You can…
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If you are a baker and use vanilla in your baking, you have no doubt noticed that the price of real vanilla has skyrocketed in recent years as people turn towards natural flavors rather than artificial vanillin. According to a recent article in the Miami Herald, vanilla is now worth…
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