Events
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Clemson University has announced a meeting May 4 for Southeastern timber growers on how to grow more profitable crops. The meeting announcement is below. LEESVILLE — South Carolina timber growers can learn from experts how to grow more profitable crops at a May 4 meeting. The Growing Our Future meeting takes place at T and S…
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While we don’t have as much beef production in the Southeast as there is in other regions of the country, there may still be some folks interested in this upcoming conference on beef production and methane. Here is the press release describing it. IANR NEWS RELEASE: * Beef Methane Conference is May 11-12 in Lincoln IANR…
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A webinar on management of beef cattle selection and management for adaptation to drought and on the future of US cattle operations is being offered through Purdue University on April 20 at 1:00 pm Central Time (2 pm EDT). You can get details about the webinar and register at https://climateagwater.wordpress.com/webinar-4/.
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CLN Webinar: Climate Change and Insects in Wheat Systems April 14th, 2016 at 2:00pm EDT The Climate Learning Network presents a webinar featuring Dr. Sanford Eigenbrode, Principal Investigator of the USDA sponsored Regional Approaches to Climate Change – Pacific Northwest Agriculture (REACCH) Coordinated Agricultural Project. Dr. Eigenbrode will present new discoveries and adaptation techniques for…
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Yesterday was World Meteorological Day, which celebrates the founding of the World Meteorological Organization in 1950. The theme of this year’s World Meteorological Day was “Hotter, Drier, Wetter—Face the Future.” You can read more about the history of this organization and a summary of recent global disasters at Jeff Masters’ Wunderblog here.
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Astronomical spring begins officially when the vernal equinox occurs. This year that happens at 12:30 AM EDT on March 20. So while climatological spring is already well underway (especially this year, with temperatures far above normal), astronomical spring is just starting. You can read more about it at EarthSky here.
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If you haven’t been watching astronomy news lately, you may have missed the stories about the total solar eclipse that occurred yesterday in Indonesia and the surrounding regions. EarthSky has some excellent photos of the eclipse at https://earthsky.org/todays-image/todays-eclipse-over-indonesia. The National Weather Service office in Boise posted a time-lapse video from the Himawari 8 satellite showing the…