Events
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In honor of today’s election day (vote!) here are a few distractions from politics… The WunderBlog discusses today’s weather. Weather won’t be a factor in the election this year, but it has in past years. https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/a-mild-tranquil-election-day-on-tap?__prclt=9DqqTXtI The Weather Channel is doing counterprogramming today for those who are sick of hearing about politics. They are offering…
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Dr. Brenda Ortiz of Auburn University announced today the release of a new iBook on climate and crops in the Southeast. I don’t have the iBook app downloaded on my smartphone and tablet yet, but when I do I will be sure to get a copy of this new book. I am still looking to…
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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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In the community I grew up in, we did not celebrate Halloween, instead we celebrated Reformation Day. It’s probably no surprise that I went to college at a school named after John Calvin and ended up marrying someone named John Knox! But for all of you who celebrate Halloween, I hope it’s a happy and…
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UPDATE: The audio and slides from this webinar will be made available at https://aaes.auburn.edu/wrc/extension-outreach/drought/2016-2/ in the next day or two. If you are in or near the ACF river basin, which encompasses much of western Georgia and eastern Alabama as well as the Panhandle of Florida, or if you are in a surrounding dry area,…
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You may not be aware that there are regular webinars on climate conditions in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin offered to stakeholders in the ACF region. During non-drought periods they are offered once a month but lately because of the drought in parts of the basin, we have been holding them bi-weekly. The next one will…
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Do you love weather and climate? Do you want to more about it? If so, you won’t want to miss this CoCoRaHS week’s webinar on the COMET program. It’s being held Thursday October 20 at 1 pm EDT. According to the blurb, “The award-winning COMET Program has produced over 800 hours of online lessons in…