Events
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The Waste to Worth conference begins today in Seattle. I’m expecting to see a good group of people interacting on a variety of topics related to animal agriculture and waste management. There will also be a track on livestock and climate at the conference. I’ll be there all week and hope to share some insights…
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Each year on March 23, the World Meteorological Organization, along with its 191 members — including the National Weather Service — and the worldwide meteorological community, celebrates World Meteorological Day. This day commemorates the formation of the WMO. This year’s theme is “Climate knowledge for climate action,” highlighting both recent advances in climate science and…
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Clint Thompson of the University of Georgia released a report today on damage to early blueberry varieties in Georgia which was published in Growing Georgia here. Very cold temperatures contributed to damage in some areas that could total up to 50 percent of some varieties. Producers used frost protection in the form of overhead sprinklers to…
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This week marks the annual celebration of agriculture known as National Ag Week, March 15-21. The week is hosted by the Agriculture Council of America and recognizes–and celebrates– the importance of agriculture and farmers in our everyday lives. Some facts about National Ag Week can be found here.
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The 2015 Waste to Worth conference scheduled for Seattle on March 30-April 3 still has some spaces available for participants. The Animal Agriculture and Climate Change group which helps supports this blog is helping to organize some of the sessions in this conference. If you are wondering whether you should attend, here is a description of the…
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The CoCoRaHS volunteer network of precipitation observers around the US is having a state by state competition to see who can recruit the most new volunteers this month. “CoCoRaHS” stands for Community Collaborative Rain Hail and Snow network and was started in 1997 in Colorado after a big local flood devastated the Colorado State University’s…
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If you did not get the chance to attend my webinar last Friday on the climate of 2014 and the outlook for 2015, the recording is now available on YouTube. You can find it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUPMFITVhG8. A screen capture of the slide which lists my web sources is shown below. The next webinar from the Southern…