Drought
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The University of Florida/IFAS has announced the development of a new irrigation scheduling model for sesame production in the Southeast. According to an article in the Panhandle Ag E-News, “sesame is known to be a relatively low input crop, able to reach good yields with 60 lbs/ac of nitrogen fertilizer. It is also, and more…
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This November NOAA will launch their most advanced weather satellite yet, the first GOES-R series. If the launch is successful, this satellite will allow us unparalleled opportunities to improve our knowledge of weather and also to improve our ability to forecast the weather, since the majority of data that goes into weather forecasting models is…
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The Southeast Farm Press reported this week that the peanut harvest in South Carolina is underway and that yields this year have been affected by pests and weather. Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus has been more prevalent this year than in previous years, and SC extension agents attribute that in part to the relatively mild winter…
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The Drought Monitor released this morning shows that extreme drought (D3) has expanded from 7.4 percent of the state’s area to over 11 percent in the last week. Most of the expansion occurred in counties to the southeast of the Atlanta metro area, although there was also some expansion in the far northwest. The northwestern…
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Water Conservation and Drought Awareness: Information about the Georgia EPD Drought Level 1 Response
Fifty three counties in Georgia are currently designated by EPD as in a Drought Response level 1. Earlier this week I discussed what the difference between different agencies’ drought designations mean. Today Greg Huber of UGA’s Center for Urban Agriculture has published some information about water conservation efforts and the current drought response level 1…
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We will soon enter the last quarter of 2016, and the Climate Prediction Center has just released their latest set of updates for fall and winter. What do they show us in the Southeast? Predictions for the end of September continue to show warmer than normal temperatures for most of the rest of the month.…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that in many areas of the Southeast except those affected by Hermine and Julia, abnormally dry conditions have expanded. This includes parts of southeast Georgia, southern Alabama, and western North Carolina and Virginia. Florida and South Carolina did not change. Extreme drought expanded in the area south…
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