Crops
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The Southeast Farm Press posted a story today describing some of the issues that North Carolina cotton farmers have been seeing with all of the rain that has occurred in the last month. They also provide some tips for what needs to be done at different stages of crop development. You can read the article…
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Severe flooding in France has resulted in the deaths or injuries to a number of people in cars and trains and has caused havoc to farmers and home owners in many areas. Travel and Leisure reports that “The weather may also affect the wine industry in France for months to come. Already, the Weather Channel reported, these…
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Hops are a major component of beer, and to make truly local beer, you need local ingredients, including hops. But hops do not do well in the humid Southeast, and most US hops come from areas farther to the north. It turns out that the growth of hops depends on length of daylight, and that…
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At last we are seeing some dry days in the Southeast, and I am sure that farmers are working overtime to catch up on work as soon as they can get into their fields. Here are a couple more stories about rain impacts on crops from Southeast Farm Press, Vegetable and Specialty Crop News and Southeast…
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National Public Radio has an interesting story this week about recent impacts of rising sea level on one of the oldest farms in the US. The farm is located in the Eastern Shore of Maryland and was started by land grant in 1666, long before the US was even a country. Now rising sea levels…
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With all the rain we have had the last two weeks, farmers are surely suffering from the wet conditions. UGA’s Bob Kemerait published an article this week which describes some of the problems producers are seeing and some ways to manage for these soggy conditions. Problems range from an inability to get into the fields…
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Researchers from Texas A&M University recently published the results of a study which looked at how scarcer water supplies in the future may affect how producers irrigate their crops. While long-term climate models do not give clear guidance on whether total precipitation will increase or decrease in the future, higher temperatures are very likely and…