Crops
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Agricultural producers are still assessing the impacts of Hurricane Laura on their crops and livestock. In spite of strong winds and heavy rain that caused power outages and flattened many fields, some areas were less hard hit than originally thought. Here are two articles from Southeast Farm Press which describe some of the damage that…
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While it is really too early to have a full assessment of the impacts that Laura had on agriculture, here are a couple of stories that discuss what was expected to happen and what farmers are seeing on an initial glance, both from the Southeast Farm Press. An article from August 26 discussed what rice…
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As a climatologist, I am always trying to understand more about how climate impacts other aspects of the economy, and especially how it affects agriculture. So I found this article on how the weather affects the ability of corn to pollinate to be fascinating, because I learned more about how the process works. Sometimes even…
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You already know about the damage caused by the incredible derecho that blew across the Corn Belt a couple of weeks ago. Now farmers are trying to decide what to do with their storm-damaged crops. Some were completely destroyed, but others may be salvageable for silage or even for grain if they were not too…
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I’ve been following the story of the terrible derecho in the Corn Belt and how it has affected farming there. Here is a story from Farm Progress that gives more detail about how the crops were affected and how things like the corn variety and stalk strength made a difference in how the corn stood…
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The Soil Health Institute is a non-profit charged with safeguarding and enhancing the vitality and productivity of soils. They will release Cotton & Covers, a Healthy Soils for Sustainable Cotton video series, on August 20, 2020. The series follows three Southeastern cotton producers as they discuss their individual journeys to build profitable soil health management systems on their…
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As I am sure you all know, the severe derecho that blew through the Midwest a few days ago has caused tremendous damage to the area, which is part of the Corn Belt and one of the main agricultural areas in the US. While it is too early to estimate all of the agricultural losses…