Crops
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The Packer noted this week that spring sweet corn harvesting in Florida has been delayed by about ten days due to winter weather issues, but that production is rapidly increasing with better weather. They noted that “late January torrential rains flooded south Florida fields, harming winter production and causing quality issues through mid-April.” You can…
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Dry conditions have hit parts of Georgia and Florida this year as El Niño rains have bypassed those areas to fall in other regions. The Panhandle Ag e-News from the University of Florida published an article this week discussing some of the impacts of the dry conditions and heat on vegetables. In particular, Josh Freeman,…
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The Southeast Farm Press published an interesting article back in March 2014 which was reposted in their most recent newsletter today on the impacts of time of day on herbicide effectiveness. According to field research done by UGA and other scientists on cotton, spraying herbicide early in the morning around sunrise is much less effective…
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One of the big questions in determining the impacts of changing climate on crops is the effect called “carbon dioxide fertilization”. In test plots under higher CO2 levels, some crops do better with more carbon dioxide, leading to higher yields. The key is that it depends…on crop, water availability, and temperature. Some crops like rain-fed…
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In a previous post I noted some of the areas of the world that were feeling the effect of El Niño in contributing to regional droughts. Today I highlight the impact of heavy rains (also affected by El Niño) that are hurting the harvest of crops around the world. According to AgWeb here, “Argentina, the top…
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Andy Shirley of Mitchell County in southwest Georgia reported today on his blog that watermelon seedlings are having a hard time developing due to the presence of Pythium, a fungal pathogen that is affecting the roots. He says that they used to see more of it when seeds were directly sown, but now that they…
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Southeast Farm Press had an interesting article in their newsletter this week from Todd David of the University of Kentucky Extension comparing farming in the South to farming in the Midwest. In the article he says that “The lower yield potential and greater yield risk reduces land value appreciation in the South and limits the…