In addition to this blog, I am now also contributing to The Garden Professors once a month. Here is a past article by John Porter of Nebraska from their blog which describes why starting seeds at their optimal temperature is so important. While the article discusses this in terms of…
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The wet winter has put producers behind in their field work in many parts of the Southeast. According to a recent article in Vegetable and Specialty Crop News, this could have a snowball effect and delay things all year, even potentially affecting fall planting if farmers continue to be behind….
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Now that Texas is thawing out from its bitter cold blast, producers are starting to come to terms with what they have lost from the frost and snow as well as from loss of power and water. Here are several stories about agricultural losses in Texas and other parts of…
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With all the cold weather in the central part of the country, it is no surprise that agriculture is taking a big hit in addition to all of problems that consumers are experiencing from loss of power, heat, and sometimes water. Here are a few of the stories I have…
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The tremendous cold that has covered Texas, brought snow to the beach in Galveston, and knocked out power to millions of customers in record-setting cold have also affected many producers across the state, including the fields in south Texas that usually produce a lot of food this time of year….
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With all of the rain parts of the Southeast have had, scheduling field work and figuring out when to apply herbicides can be an issue. Morning Ag Clips posted a story today that described some of the factors that need to be considered when trying to fit in applications. The…
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The 2021 Georgia Ag Forecast meeting was held on January 29 online. The recordings of the presentations are now available online at https://agforecast.caes.uga.edu/previous-outlooks/2021.html. They include outlooks for different commodities, livestock and forestry. You can also download PDFs of the Ag Snapshot brochure and the full Ag Outlook publication.
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