Crops
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AgWeb published an article in late March describing the changes that have occurred in growing season across the US since 1980, including graphs of both spring and fall frost changes and length of growing season. You can read it here. They attribute the changes to increasing temperatures over that time period. The article also relates the…
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As you know from previous posts, El Niño can cause a variety of climate anomalies across the globe. A story today from AgWeb highlights the hot conditions in Brazil in recent weeks and its impacts on Brazil’s corn crop, which is often planted as a second crop behind soybeans. In the map below of global El…
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Growing Georgia reprinted a press release from AgPR today which has a good discussion about how the weather conditions associated with El Niño and La Niña affect nitrogen availability in the soil. While it’s commercial in nature, the post contains useful information for those who are planning nitrogen applications and budgeting for coming years. You…
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The latest newsletter from the Southeast Climate Consortium is now available. It contains information about scientists working on climate and ag-related issues in the Southeast and a review of the 13th meeting of the Tri-State Climate Learning Network for Row Crop Agriculture, which was held on March 14 in Headland, AL. You can read it…
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CLN Webinar: Climate Change and Insects in Wheat Systems April 14th, 2016 at 2:00pm EDT The Climate Learning Network presents a webinar featuring Dr. Sanford Eigenbrode, Principal Investigator of the USDA sponsored Regional Approaches to Climate Change – Pacific Northwest Agriculture (REACCH) Coordinated Agricultural Project. Dr. Eigenbrode will present new discoveries and adaptation techniques for…
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Following the devastating tsunami which hit northern Japan in 2011 following a massive earthquake, a large area of land was covered by salt water, which deposited the salt behind, making it difficult for anything to grow. Scientists identified varieties of rice which were more tolerant of the salty soil and used those to develop a…
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Another outbreak of chilly air is moving into the Southeast this weekend, and it could bring temperatures near or below freezing to northern and higher elevation areas of Georgia and North and South Carolina on Saturday and Sunday mornings. The National Weather Service has issued frost and freeze warnings for Thursday night into Friday morning for…