Twenty years ago this weekend, central Georgia experienced the massive flooding from Tropical Storm Alberto. The current 24 hour rainfall record for Georgia, 21.10 inches, fell in Americus on July 6, 1994 during the storm. The extreme rainfall caused tremendous devastation in Macon, Montezuma, Albany and other areas in central…
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Growing Georgia published an article earlier this week describing how cattle from the Southeast could repopulate the national cattle herd, which is at a 50-year low. “The South accounts for only 17 percent of the herd today, but with advances in forages and relatively mild weather, the region might account…
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June 1 marks the beginning of the official Atlantic hurricane season. Early in the season, most storms form in the Caribbean Sea and near North America rather than farther out in the Atlantic, as is the case later in the season. And sure enough, this year we have some signs…
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Today, May 23, is Heat Awareness Day for the National Weather Service. Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer for many people, and heat is one of the major killers of people and animals in summer months. If you would like to learn more about the impacts of heat…
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Today is the last day for early enrollment for the annual meeting of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents, meeting in Mobile AL on July 20-24. There will be several sessions on climate and agriculture, some related to crops and others to livestock. I am looking forward to participating…
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The PINEMAP group is meeting in Athens, GA this week to discuss results from their research and outreach efforts for the last year. PINEMAP stands for Pine Integrated Network: Education, Mitigation, and Adaptation Project, and is a Coordinated Agricultural Project funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture…
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The Southeast Climate Consortium (SECC) is a group of scientists from eight major universities in the Southeast who are working together to study the impacts of climate variability and change on the Southeast, with a special emphasis on agriculture. They are holding their spring Program Review meeting this week in…
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