Events
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Today, October 12, is National Farmers’ Day. If you like to eat, you are reaping the benefits of hard work by agricultural workers around the world. Enjoy your food and thank a farmer for providing it for you!
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Here is a trailer for a new documentary that will be coming out soon on farming in America and the challenges that farmers will face in the future. We all want to eat and we depend on farmers to provide the food we need, even though they are not always appreciated. I hope that I…
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While fall started on September 1 for meteorologists and climatologists, today is the first day of astronomical fall. Most of the Southeast will be feeling summer-like temperatures for a few more days before cooler air moves into the region in about a week. You can read more about why climatologists and astronomers have different definitions…
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The Southeast Regional Climate Hub (SERCH) has published their fall newsletter online. You can visit it at https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAOCE/bulletins/1b6c64c to read about impacts from Irma and Harvey as well as learn about some upcoming meetings in the region.
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For meteorologists and climatologists, September 1 is the first day of fall. So if you are tired of hot, humid days (fortunately not as many as usual this year) you will enjoy the change of the seasons. In fact, the next week or so will be below normal in temperature, giving us an earlier than…
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People around the Southeast marked the solar eclipse of August 21 in a number of ways. In Athens I joined a group of almost 30,000 students, staff, faculty and friends in Sanford Stadium to watch the skies get dark at 99.15% totality. In North Carolina, the State Climate Office folks watched the skies and took…
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CLN/ANREP-CSI Webinar: Register Now ! The Cattle Comfort Advisor: a Tool for Managing Heat & Cold Stress Albert Sutherland Oklahoma Mesonet Agriculture Program Coordinator Oklahoma State University Assistant Extension Specialist Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 3:00pm EDT Join us to learn how to use the Cattle Comfort Advisor, a powerful now tool for managing livestock comfort.…