Crops
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According to a story posted in Southeast Farm Press, Alabama’s late-planted cotton has done better than earlier-planted varieties this year. The earlier crops were hit hard by the wet and windy conditions from tropical storms this year and lost quality and yield because of the adverse conditions. The later crop has benefited from the more…
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Growing Georgia published an article from the Georgia Farm Bureau which provided a good and extensive look at the impacts that extreme weather and drought have had on Georgia crops this year. They also discuss what producers are watching as they harvest their crops. You can read it at https://georgia.growingamerica.com/news/2020/10/challenges-loom-harvest-season-commences.
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The USDA Southeast Climate Hub has recently expanded their list of guides for hurricane preparation and recovery. There are guides available for each state but there are also guides available for many different commodities and agricultural products in the region. The guides include livestock, forests, forage, and even beekeeping in addition to several specialty and…
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Growing Georgia has provided a recent update on crops across the Southeast, including cotton, peanuts, corn, and soybeans. Generally, wet field conditions have hampered harvests and caused problems with fungal diseases on many crops. Producers are still worrying about the second half of the tropical season and additional stormy weather that may impact crops and…
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I’ve posted several stories about the impacts of Sally on agriculture in the Southeast. This latest, from IFAS, indicates that the costs from Sally were between $55 and $100 million. Damage from 2018 Hurricane Michael was worse because the winds were stronger and lasted farther inland, but Sally dropped a lot more rain because it…
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This week the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published a new paper which provided a series of maps describing how climate may shift in future decades. This gives a series of snapshots of how the climate region that is most suitable for humans and agriculture will shift as the climate gets warmer. You…
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Earlier this summer in mid-August, Hurricane Laura deepened rapidly just before it came onshore in western Louisiana. In some ways it behaved quite a bit like Hurricane Michael did in 2018 when it hit Mexico Beach FL and crossed Georgia, causing a lot of agricultural damage. This time it was Louisiana and Arkansas that saw…