While I know that quite a few soybeans have already been harvested according to the Weekly Crop Progress report from USDA, I still thought this article from AgWeb on drying rates for soybeans was worth looking at because of the dependence of the rates on weather factors like temperature and…
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Adam Rabinowitz of UGA posted a story in Southeast Farm Press this week which discussed the large yield of peanuts that were harvested this year. While Hurricane Irma negatively impacted the cotton crop, it did not affect the peanut yields in any meaningful way and both irrigated and dryland crops…
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If you like beer (and I do, since I am from Wisconsin), you may be interested in this story by National Public Radio about a lesser-known reformation led by Martin Luther–the movement to put hops in beer instead of herbs. Nowadays, hoppy beers are all the rage, but at the…
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Drovers’ Newsletter posted a story today that describes the accumulated costs of Hurricane Harvey on Texas agriculture. The major financial impacts of the storm were due to losses of cotton and losses to livestock. The new estimates include both the costs of animals killed in the storm and the costs…
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Brown marmorated stink bugs are an invasive pest which causes a lot of mid-summer damage to many Southeastern crops, but especially to fruit orchards. A recent study which looked at the likely range of stink bugs in a warmer climate shows that the bugs may migrate to the north and…
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In the past three years, olive growers in Europe have experienced blistering heat, heavy rains and an untimely frost. All of these extreme weather events have reduced the production of olive oil from Italy and Spain, leaving buyers to look for new sources in places like Australia and New Zealand…
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Here’s an interesting story about Dr. Brenda Ortiz, a colleague of mine at Auburn University who studies the impact of weather and climate on crops like wheat and corn. She has a new project with several other scientists in the Southeast to study the expansion of irrigation in Alabama. As…
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