Crops
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The Southeast Farm Press posted a story this week about the unique challenges corn growers in the Southeast have when trying to produce a crop compared to the Midwestern Corn Belt. For one thing, in our region they have to deal with more pests and diseases that are not a problem for Iowa farmers. The…
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In recent years, climatologists have been hopeful that careful management of farm fields, including the use of cover crops, decreased tillage, and addition of manure, might allow carbon to be sequestered in the soil. This would be an advantage for farmers, who might be able to monetize the trapping of carbon as greenhouse gases in…
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As always, there are many stories being published about climate and agriculture in the news. Here are some of the latest interesting ones I have read. They cover a variety of topics from cloud seeding to atmospheric optics to water quality impacts on eagles (featuring work by UGA professor Susan Wilde). The Guardian: US states…
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On Wednesday, March 31 at 11:00 am EDT I will be one of several speakers participating in a Georgia Climate Project webinar on how the changing climate is affecting Georgia’s agriculture. I will talk about changes we are seeing in climate in Georgia and then several farmers will discuss what these changes mean for how…
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A new report from plant scientists at the University of California San Diego describes the specific mechanisms throughout the life cycle of crop plants that are most vulnerable to heat and how this affects crop productivity. They also discuss the present and future economic impacts of heat stress in agriculture and highlight new and upcoming…
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There have been a lot of stories relating climate or weather to agriculture in the news lately. Here are some of the more interesting ones. Bloomberg: Drought Is the U.S. West’s Next Big Climate Disaster VSC News: South Florida Melon Growers Hope to Bounce Back Farm Progress: Winter weather affected cattle slaughter, calving VSC News:…
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The Packer published a heartbreaking video from the Texas Farm Bureau this week which showed some of the destruction of vegetable and citrus crops in Texas due to last month’s frigid temperatures. Losses are estimated to be at least $600 million, although could be more since they don’t know yet if the citrus trees will…