Crops
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Modern Farmer published a story this week that discussed the conversion of prime farmland into urban areas across the world. This is certainly something that is happening in the Southeast as large cities like Atlanta and Charlotte expand into “mega-cities”, filling up all the space between city centers with suburbs and exurbs and removing good…
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Even though the drought in the Southeast has been significantly reduced due to recent rains, the impacts of the drought are still causing problems for farmers. Growing Georgia published a story by Katie Nichols of Alabama Cooperative Extension describing some of the continuing problems that producers are having going into the next growing season. You…
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Do you like brussel sprouts? I am not a big fan, but if you like these tender green morsels, you will be disappointed to read this article by UGA’s Clint Thompson in Growing Georgia. The article explains that Georgia’s hot climate makes it hard to grow the cold-tolerant crop due to the length of the…
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The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences announced the development of a new app-based tool to help tell farmers when severe weather might impact their crops. According to an article in the Southeast Farm Press, the tool will inform farmers about the potential for extreme weather such as severe heat or dry spells…
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AgWeb reprinted a story from Bloomberg News this week describing some troubling results of a study by researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and the University of Chicago. The study shows that with the warmer temperatures expected from global warming, yields of corn and soybeans could drop significantly. According to the article,…
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The recent rains on the West Coast have caused many of the rivers there to flood, threatening many cities as well as cropland. Levees are being overtopped and mudslides and fallen trees are blocking roads through the region. You can read more about the impacts of the storm and view pictures of the conditions at…
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The heavy rain and snow that has been occurring along the West Coast has caused problems for onion handlers in Idaho and Oregon, according to The Packer this week. Deep snow on top of packing and storage facilities was then saturated by rain, which added enough weight to the onion packing structures to cause them…