Crops
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I’m pleased to announce that there is a new web site for Georgia Climate available at https://www.gaclimate.org. When you visit, you will notice that this blog has a prominent place on the top of the home page. Inside the web site you will find a variety of information on Georgia climate and a number of…
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Rome Ethredge of Seminole County noted in a recent blog posting that he is seeing some damage to small grains due to the cold temperatures we had earlier in the month. Most of the damage is due to leaf damage since the heads have not emerged yet. The worst damage is most likely to be…
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Today marks the 30th anniversary of a weather event which caused significant damage to agriculture across the Southeast as well as many other problems. A major cold outbreak spread over the Eastern US, extending all the way down into Florida. It caused at least 126 deaths and killed off 90 percent of the citrus crop…
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The Packer published an article this week which described the impacts of a freeze on January 4 on the production of greens in Georgia (link). “Temperatures in the Norman Park growing region bottomed out in the low 20s, said Tommy Collinsworth, sales and marketing director for Norman Park-based Baker Farms LLC. As a result, the…
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Rome Ethredge reported in the Seminole Crop E News this week that cold has damaged a lot of Canola and Carinata in southwest Georgia. Temperatures got down to 18 degrees a week ago and he says now is a good time to assess the damage. If the frost got down to the growing point, then…
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The Modern Farmer published an article this week on the growth of farming at high latitudes (https://modernfarmer.com/2013/10/arctic-farming/). The article lists several reasons for increasing agriculture in a challenging place, including changing diets of indigenous people, increased demand for local foods, and increases in temperature under a changing climate that is increasing the length of the…
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Cosmos Magazine has a long and interesting article about the importance of terroir in wine-making. That term is hard to describe exactly, but encompasses the local conditions under which a wine is made, including the particular soil qualities, the micro-climate, and even the type of microbes in the area, which can impart unique flavors to the…