Crops
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I love to eat, and so I am always looking for stories on food in the Southeast. This morning the New York Times posted an article about a new specialty oil that is taking the culinary world by storm–green peanut oil. It was developed here in Pitts, Georgia, and is now starting to be recognized…
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Dr. Brenda Ortiz of Auburn University announced today the release of a new iBook on climate and crops in the Southeast. I don’t have the iBook app downloaded on my smartphone and tablet yet, but when I do I will be sure to get a copy of this new book. I am still looking to…
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Several articles out this week described continuing efforts by farmers in southeast Georgia and eastern North Carolina to determine the damage caused by the wind and flooding rain from Hurricane Matthew a few weeks ago. In North Carolina, Modern Farmer reported here that while livestock farmers are starting to compost dead chickens and deal with 3300…
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The terrible drought that covers most of northern and central Georgia, Alabama and parts of the Carolinas has had many impacts on crops and pastures in the region. Another impact has been on landscaping and turfgrasses. The Center for Urban Agriculture has a new article by Greg Huber on what turf managers need to do…
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The Packer reported this morning that in spite of some losses from Matthew to green beans and other vegetables, most crops are doing well and should provide plenty of produce for markets this fall. Planting was delayed in some areas and the wet conditions added some stress to newly planted seedlings, but most of those…
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Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, and one that has been linked to farming in several ways. Ruminants produce methane as part of the digestive process, rice paddies release methane through fermentation, and clearing land by burning forests or draining wetlands can all produce methane. But the amount of methane being released into the atmosphere…
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Earlier this week Al Jazeera published an interesting story about a new facility in southern Australia that grows 15 percent of the entire production of tomatoes in that country without using soil, fresh water and fossil fuels. According to the story, Sundrop Farms explained its sustainable growing methods this way: “Tomatoes are grown hydroponically in…