Drought
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The United States is not the only part of the world that has been experiencing widespread drought conditions. Europe has also seen a lot of dry conditions and hot weather this year. In Spain, the projected yield of their olive groves is just half of what they harvested last year. The year started with very…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows a significant increase in the area covered by severe (D2) drought, especially in Georgia and Florida. However, in spite of numerous condition monitoring reports indicating even worse conditions, the Drought Monitor (DM) this week does not show any extreme (D3) drought. With the rain that is falling tonight…
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Drought in England has led to extremely low reservoir levels and concerns about whether they are likely to rise enough to support fruit and vegetable farming next year, according to a recent story in The Guardian. Farmers are considering their crop rotations for next year with an eye to reduced availability of water, and some…
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I’ve been getting quite a few phone calls from Georgia cattle producers noting the very dry conditions have made feeding cattle very difficult right now, with no relief in sight, and some farmers having to cull their cattle because of the lack of feed. Here is a similar story from MyPanhandle.com about cattlefolk down in…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that drought expanded almost everywhere in the Southeast. The only state that did not see an increase was Alabama. In spite of the expansion, however, I think that it should have been expanded more than it did, with areas of Georgia showing signs of approaching D3 level. However,…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that only light to moderate rain is expected across the region this week. The heaviest rain will fall in southwest Alabama and the far western Florida panhandle, and the driest area will be in the Florida peninsula where no rain is expected to fall. Most of the rain will…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that dry conditions and/or drought expanded in all states in the region, and the area of severe (D2) drought expanded quite a bit, with several new locations identified. The heaviest rainfall in the next week will be over the weekend and mostly centered in Alabama, so the western…
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