Crops
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The University of Georgia’s Center for Urban Agriculture has published a helpful article on managing turfgrass in times of drought. You can read it at https://ugaurbanag.com/__trashed-2/. The article discusses how to recognize the signs of drought stress and things you can do to maintain the appearance of the grass while minimizing growth until more favorable conditions…
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I ran across a detailed journal article about the effects of climate variations on a whole list of specialty crops, some of which are grown in the Southeast and others of which are from other climate regions such as the tropics. In this Elementa Science review article, the authors looked at published studies on impacts…
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I ran across this YouTube video discussing how you can protect your farm from wildfire from the EDEN folks at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh9-s7Xsgos&feature=youtu.be. While wildfires are more prevalent in the western US, fires can and do affect farms in the Southeast as well. This video discusses steps you can take to identify risks and plan for fires as…
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Modern Farmer published a short story on a new website devoted to farmers who have hay to sell or buy. It is located at https://www.hayfinders.com/ and allows farmers to sell or buy hay by location. There are currently no listings in the Southeast, but if you have some hay to sell, you can take a look and…
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My colleague Dr. Brenda Ortiz from Auburn University recently had a paper published in Nature about climatic effects on maize yield in the Southeast that you might find interesting. You can read the article, entitled “Climate Change and ENSO Effects on Southeastern US Climate Patterns and Maize Yield”, at https://www.nature.com/articles/srep29777. Keep in mind that it is a…
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Clint Thompson of the University of Georgia posted a story this week about the problems the dry conditions are causing for Georgia dryland peanut farmers. He quotes Scott Monford, UGA peanut agronomist as saying that dryland peanut farmers should hold off on doing any chemical treatments until after it rains to see if it is…
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Farmers adapt to variable weather all the time in managing their farms and crops. Here are a couple of articles I ran across recently which describe two ways that farmers have used to improve their bottom line. Vegetable Growers News published an article on the use of high tunnels by South Carolina producers to extend the…