Drought
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The drought in the Southeast is now so bad that even Californians are taking note. Here is an article on current conditions across the region in the Los Angeles Times. Unfortunately, the latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows a continued expansion of all levels of drought and abnormally dry conditions across the Southeast. With…
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James Spann pointed out in his blog today that it is Day 52 of no rain in the Birmingham AL area. This ties the record from 1924, and they will break the record tomorrow since no rain is forecast. In fact, if you look down the pike, there is no rain in the forecast until…
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So many places in the Southeast are extremely hot and dry that meteorologists on The Weather Channel are calling it the “Desert Southeast” these days, according to today’s WunderBlog here. Birmingham AL is on day 50 of no rain with no end to the record-setting streak in sight. Many other stations have had little to…
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(Note: This is a long summary but there were many impacts from the drought and Hurricane Matthew this month and I wanted to get them all in.) October 2016 was much hotter than normal across the state. Some areas were more than six degrees above normal, the fifth month in a row of such high…
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Drought continues to expand across the Southeast as warmer than normal temperatures and virtually no rain has plagued the region again this week. Now all of northern Georgia is in extreme drought and exceptional drought has also expanded slightly. Unfortunately, while temperatures have dropped and will be cooler in the next week, there is still…
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The Southeast Farm Press reported that several livestock drought meetings are planned for north Alabama. The first meeting is in Scottsboro on November 1. Topics covered at the meetings will include winter annual planting, commodity feed options, pasture and hay inventory, feeder cattle marketing and fall cow checks. You can read more about the meetings plus…
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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…