Crops
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As trends to warmer temperatures continue, farmers in the northern US and Canada are watching to see how their growing season changes. A warmer climate may lead to opportunities to grow new and different crops and to change their management practices. A longer growing season will also lead to new opportunities in the Southeast. You…
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If you grow specialty crops in the Southeast, you may be interested in this pair of studies which look at the vulnerability of specialty crops in California and in the Midwestern US to changes in climate that are expected to occur over the next fifty years, including changes in the temperatures and growing seasons as…
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Puerto Rico experienced the destruction of not one but two tropical storms so far this season. First, Tropical Storm Irma gave a glancing blow to the territory as it traveled north of the island, providing winds and flooding rain to the area. Then came the direct and far more devastating blow from Hurricane Maria, which…
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According to an article in Southeast Farm Press today by Brad Haire, based on preliminary estimates Georgia cotton yields are expected to drop by at least ten percent based just on Irma, which blew lint off the plants and bent over many others. This could mean a loss of up to $100 million in lost…
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Our World in Data has a fascinating look at global production of many different crops at their website https://ourworldindata.org/yields-and-land-use-in-agriculture/. You can use the information to see how yields in different crops have changed over time or see how production varies from one country to another. While it does not break down individual countries into smaller units…
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Florida citrus growers are continuing to assess damage from Hurricane Irma, according to a story in The Packer this week. While initial damage shows a lot of fruit blown down and trees tipped over, additional losses may become clear later as trees drop more fruit and losses from trees with roots under flood water become…
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The weather in the last two growing seasons have not been kind to South Carolina, with tropical flooding rains washing out the plants in both falls. So far this year the storms have moved far enough away to minimize damage to their cotton and they are on track to produce their best crop ever. As…