Southeast Farm Press posted a story yesterday about some of the Southeastern crops that could be harmed by Hurricane Irma’s strong winds and rain. Among them are the pecan harvest, with trees that are heavily loaded and may have incurred a lot of damage from Irma’s high winds (similar to…
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While we watch the devastation of Hurricane Irma as it roars its way up the Florida peninsula, we need to keep in mind the folks in Texas and the destruction that Hurricane Harvey caused just a couple of weeks ago. Here are some stories about the impacts of Harvey on…
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AgWeb had a timely article today describing the potential loss of agricultural revenue from crops due to the approaching storm Irma. In the article they estimate that losses in Florida alone could be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. However, in the story they do indicate that an October…
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The Southeast Farm Press posted a slideshow today showing some of the damage to farms from the winds and rain of Hurricane Harvey. The damage to cotton was particularly severe since many bales were sitting on the ground and were impacted by both the winds and rain of the storm. …
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Due to a lot of planting by Georgia peanut farmers coupled with very good weather this summer, the Georgia peanut crop is expected to the biggest it has been in over 20 years. In addition, cotton and corn are also expected to be larger than last year. You can read…
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While the Southeast is free from drought this year (as opposed to last summer), exceptional drought conditions have taken residence in the Upper Plains and especially in Montana this summer. The Bozeman (MT) Daily Chronicle has a good story about the conditions there and what it is doing to their…
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Even though the tragedy of Hurricane Harvey is still ongoing and heartbreaking, I did want to share some stories about the impacts of Harvey so far that I have seen in the media. This is not by any means a complete list but just a sampling of the effects the…
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