Crops
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As the remains of Hurricane Michael moves northeast out of Georgia and into South Carolina, and later today, North Carolina and Virginia, producers will get a first look at the damage caused by winds of up to 155 mph along the coast. The pictures I’ve seen so far aren’t pretty, with groves of tree snapped…
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UGA Extension (Laurel L Dunn, Andre Luiz Biscaia Ribeiro da Silva) has produced a web site which describes how to handle vegetable harvest before and after a flooding event like a hurricane which may be of use to vegetable producers. Since flood water after a storm can contaminate the vegetables, producers are encouraged to harvest…
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Even though Hurricane Irma hit Florida more than a year ago, agriculture is still feeling impacts from that devastating storm. Vegetable Growers News reported today that in addition to the loss of citrus farms, a number of tomato producers have also decided to call it quits after their severe losses last year. You can read…
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While we are still in ENSO-neutral conditions, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is indicating that there is a roughly 70 percent chance of an El Niño occurring by winter. The next update should be out next Thursday. Libbie Johnson of UF/IFAS Extension put together a nice reminder of what impacts farmers in the Southeast, especially northwest…
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According to a recent article in Southeast Farm Press, the losses in cotton in North Carolina due to Hurricane Florence vary significantly across the state, but overall the losses may be 25-30 percent of the normal crop. The hardest hit areas were in the southeastern part of the state where both winds and rain and…
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Did you know that North Carolina produces 60% of all of the sweet potatoes grown in the US? This year that number could be down quite a bit due to the rainfall from Hurricane Florence, which hit at the worst possible time for sweet potato producers. According to this article in Modern Farmer, producers were…
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Earlier this summer I pointed out the extremely dry conditions that have been occurring in Europe. This drought has continued and now as the harvest approaches there, farmers are feeling the pinch with poor crop yields, especially in wheat. You can read more about the impact of the drought on crops and their prices at…