Crops
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Bloomberg News had a really interesting article this week which breaks down how land in the US is used. As you can imagine, a large portion of it goes towards agriculture, especially towards producing livestock. You can read the article and check out their maps here.
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Purdue University has just released a new report which describes the impacts of changing climate on agriculture in Indiana, which like much of the Southeast is heavily invested in growing crops and livestock for food and other uses. While climate changes in the Southeast have been more subtle than those in Indiana and the Corn…
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The Packer has run a number of stories in the last few weeks on the impacts of the western heat wave on agriculture in California. As you can imagine, the drought and heat have had some negative impacts on citrus and avocados. But garlic production is one of the biggest in decades due to weather…
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This week’s question from the Georgia Climate Project Roadmap is on food security. Making sure Georgia citizens have access to good, healthy and reasonably priced food is a major concern in times of increased extreme weather, including both floods and droughts. Scientists need to know how these weather extremes will impact supply chains, prices, and…
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Food Navigator posted this story by Gary Scattergood about how future changes in climate are likely to affect the nutritional content of crops around the world, but especially those in Southeast Asia. “Human health will suffer when climate change strips back the nutritional content of crops, according to new research, which has stated that South…
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In recent weeks there have been a lot of thunderstorms across the Southeast due to plentiful soil moisture and good triggering mechanisms for vertical development. Some of the storms have produced strong winds and large hail. I’ve seen a number of pictures of the hail that has fallen as well as some of the damage…
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The Southeast Farm Press noted this week that cotton production in Alabama has not gone well this year due to the variety of unusual weather they have experienced. It started with cool temperatures in April that halted planting for almost a month. May was hot and dry, which further delayed planting. Now they have a…