Extension agent outreach
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With all the active weather this growing season, it’s no wonder there are a lot of stories about the impacts of the weather and climate conditions on crops. Here is a sampling of some of the stories I have seen lately. Heavy rains in the Midwest have caused problems for corn and soybean farmers. In…
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The very wet April followed by the very dry May have caused a variety of agricultural impacts in the Southeast. Here is a sampling of what I have seen in news stories. The Southeast Farm Press noted that the dry conditions in early May came at a bad time for pre-applied herbicides to activate. Weeds…
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The Georgia Farm Monitor published a YouTube video news story this week about corn planting in North Georgia, which is finishing up now. The link to the YouTube video is here. The story featured an award-winning farmer in Dawson County north of Atlanta, who won an award in 1973 for the first farmer in Georgia…
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The 7-day QPF predicts that most of the Southeast will get less than an inch of rain in the coming week. The exception is the western part of the region, including Alabama, northern Georgia and the western Carolinas, where well over an inch is possible. After a great start to the Memorial Day weekend, rain…
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In February I posted a story about a UGA project to track harmful algal blooms in Southeastern lakes (link). Now that we are entering the heart of the boating and outdoor recreation season, I think it is worth repeating. Scientists at UGA are collecting reports of toxic algae in lakes at https://www.cyanotracker.uga.edu. You can go to…
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Rome Ethredge of Seminole County posted some pictures of the wheat harvest that is beginning in southwest Georgia this morning on his blog (link). He pointed out that some of the crop has been affected by fusarium head blight, which reduces yields. Dewey Lee, the UGA Extension agronomist, says that he has seen fields with…
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With the exception of flooding rains at a few locations in Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas, most of the country was very dry this week. The dry conditions did allow planting of corn and other crops in the Midwest to advance significantly from last week. However, the dry conditions have caused problems for winter wheat, which…