Crops
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The Southeast Farm Press reported this week that a frost which hit the Tobacco Belt in mid-April caused damage to some young tobacco transplants this year. Initial concerns were for a significantly reduced crop, but most fields have recovered with little loss, it appears. The report states that “The damage seemed worse on the light/sandy…
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While this weekend will be dry across the Southeast, starting by mid-week we should return to a wetter pattern, and we could see up to two inches of rain in some areas by Friday. A few locations could see even more. This appears to be a shift to wetter conditions overall, according to maps from…
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The latest Southern SARE newsletter is now available. You can view it here. It lists a variety of workshops and other activities in sustainable agriculture, including livestock and cover crop workshops, that might be of interest.
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The Climate Corporation published an article last week describing the impacts of an El Niño on yields of corn and soybeans in the Midwest. Their analysis showed that El Niño has little impact on yields in that region. But how about the Southeast? While we have much smaller acreage planted in those crops, the yields…
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Weather Underground posted a story today about how one winery owner in Virginia uses a personal weather station to help manage his vineyards. It shows the benefits of having hyper-local weather data so you know exactly what is happening in your own fields. You can read the story here. Weather Underground collects weather data from many…
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The Packer noted in an article this week that the Florida avocado season is off to a slow start this year and is running about three weeks behind normal. While they didn’t name a specific climate component to the late start, they did note that low quantities of rain actually made the quality of the…
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While we have been dry here in the Southeast, the region to our west has been inundated by heavy rains, leading to problems getting into the fields to plant soybeans and cotton. The rainfall map below shows the 30-day departure from normal precipitation, including the soggy mess over east Texas and parts of Louisiana. You…