Crops
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Rome Ethredge posted a link to a video interview off one of his peanut farmers in Seminole County in SW Georgia this week in his blog Seminole Crop E News. The interview discusses how this year’s weather has impacted this year’s peanut crop in that part of the state. I think you’ll enjoy the perspective…
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Vegetable Growers News published an article this month about improving food safety of fresh vegetables by waiting a day after rainfall or irrigation before harvesting. Wet soils are more susceptible to Listeria, which can cause food borne illnesses. By waiting a day to harvest farmers make it less likely that the produce will have listeria present on…
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The Southeast Regional Climate Hub has produced a new comprehensive document describing the Southeast’s vulnerability to changing climate and methods for adapting to and mitigating for the effects of those likely changes. It includes impacts on crops, livestock, and forests across the region. You can read the document at https://climatehubs.oce.usda.gov/sites/default/files/Southeast%20Vulnerability%20Assessment%20Final.pdf.
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Modern Farmer posted a story this week about a new tea farm, the first one to be planted in Mississippi, although there are currently several in Hawaii, a few in the Pacific Northwest and one in South Carolina. Even though tea has traditionally been grown in tropical areas with warm and humid climates, the tea plant…
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Our sister blog at “Animal Agriculture in a Changing Climate” has a new post this week on the role that farmers play in the climate change story. You can read it at https://animalagclimatechange.org/victim-contributor-solver/.
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The Southeast Farm Press reported earlier this week about the devastating impacts of the flash drought that is affecting South Carolina as well as parts of North Carolina and Georgia. Ironically, wet conditions last spring delayed planting of many crops and probably reduced the number of acres of corn planted. Then hot and dry conditions…
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The latest newsletter from the UGA Stripling Irrigation Research Park is now out and contains a variety of information about park activities, links to interesting news stories and photos of recent events. This month’s newsletter also contains a useful article by Dr. Wes Porter on how to know when to stop irrigating different crops based…