Crops
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The weather across the country in various peanut-growing areas was one of the key factors that affected peanut yield this year, according to an article this week in Southeast Farm Press. Many acres in Texas had to be abandoned due to the extreme drought there, while in the Southeast, weather may have been a factor…
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A new study by scientists in the United Kingdom shows that more frequent extremes of weather during the growing season is causing it to be more difficult to grow wheat than in previous decades, according to a story in Meteorological Technology International this week. In the past, wheat crops were fairly resilient to an extreme…
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This is a year when extremes of weather have devastated many crops around the country and the world. Yahoo News reposted this story from The Guardian that describes the impact of drought, floods, and wind on five important crops across the US. And this year is not over yet either, with a potential tropical storm…
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Now that Halloween has come and gone, demand for pumpkins is going down. But Georgia producers report that they had very good yields this year due to low disease pressure because of the dry conditions we have had in the past few months. If you have pumpkins on your porch and have taken care of…
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Assessments of the impacts of Hurricane Ian on agriculture in the Southeast continue to come in. Here are some more stories I have seen recently that document some of the problems caused by the storm. Yahoo News: After Hurricane Ian, Florida citrus and agriculture struggle Southeast AgNet: Florida Commissioner Nikki Fried on UF/IFAS Preliminary Agricultural Damage…
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While residents of southwest Florida as well as the Carolinas are currently still picking up from the incredible destruction of Hurricane Ian, and Puerto Ricans are dealing with power losses and damage from massive flooding that fell during Hurricane Fiona, extension agents and farmers are starting to assess the toll that the wind and rain…
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Here are several stories of interest that I have seen in the news recently that you might also find interesting. I will make a separate post to list stories I have seen about the agricultural impacts of Hurricanes Fiona and Ian. L. A. Times: California’s environment takes biggest hit during drought Newser: Miss. River Barges…