Drought
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The Huffington Post had a scary article this week about the terrible drought that is occurring in Alabama (and Georgia and parts of the Carolinas). Some farmers say that they have never seen it so bad in their lifetimes. Impacts include corn yields at 1/3 of normal values, dried-up streams and pastures and potential impacts…
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The Southeast Regional Climate Center has published a new 2-page report on the evolution and impacts of the current drought which is affecting parts of the Southeast. You can read it at https://sercc.com/SERCC_drought_report_Oct_2016.pdf.
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As expected, the latest Drought Monitor map released this morning has shown expansion of drought in all Southeastern states except Virginia and North Carolina, although abnormally dry conditions did expand in NC. Exceptional (D4) drought expanded in Alabama and South Carolina and a new strip of central Georgia, where they have had essentially no rain…
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UPDATE: The audio and slides from this webinar will be made available at https://aaes.auburn.edu/wrc/extension-outreach/drought/2016-2/ in the next day or two. If you are in or near the ACF river basin, which encompasses much of western Georgia and eastern Alabama as well as the Panhandle of Florida, or if you are in a surrounding dry area,…
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Extremely dry conditions are present over many areas of the Southeast, while others are still digging out from the flooding of Hurricanes Matthew, Hermine, and Julia. The map from the High Plains Regional Climate Center shows the percent of normal rain that has occurred since the beginning of October across the Southeast. The region under…
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The Southeast Farm Press published a story by Dennis Hancock, UGA forage expert, on how to handle feeding livestock in the extreme drought that is plaguing parts of Georgia and Alabama. You can read it here. Until the drought lifts, which seems unlikely anytime soon, livestock producers will have to continue to cull cattle, import…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that many areas of the Southeast will get little rain this week. While October is typically the driest time of year, the lack of rain this year is leading to worsening drought. I can think of several areas that probably should be designated as worse than what the Drought…