Fruit
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As most of you know, this year’s production of peaches in Georgia and in nearby states was sharply down this year due to the combination of a very warm winter and a mid-March frost that hit right when most peach trees were blooming. This resulted in small fruit or no fruit at all in many…
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You may have noticed that the weather in Europe this year has been very hot and dry. The drought that has resulted from those conditions has put olive trees under tremendous stress, and wildfires have caused even more stress on olive orchards. The result is that olive oil from Europe is very expensive and hard…
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We’ve spent some time in the last couple of weeks talking generally about how the current El Nino is likely to affect our climate this winter. Here is an article from Growing Produce that takes that information and applies it to a prediction of how the expected winter weather will affect Florida’s 2023-2024 Citrus Season:…
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Here are some recent stories related to agriculture in the Southeast and other parts of the US and how it has been impacted by recent weather and climate. Specialty Crop Industry: Georgia Pumpkin Grower: High Quality, Low Quantity Specialty Crop Industry: Idalia Aftermath: Georgia Pecan Producer Reflects on Loss Month Later Yahoo Finance: Orange juice…
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As the earth’s climate changes, strawberry growers are having to deal with temperatures that are warmer than in the past. In California, they are also having to deal with increased salinity of the soil due to irrigation, leading to negative impacts on new plants. But with strawberries as a very high-value crop, producers are using…
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I’ve done a lot of interviews on the loss of Georgia’s peach crop this year due to a warm winter followed by two March frosts after the trees bloomed early. So I was interested to read this story in Growing Produce about the significant losses of their peaches too due to the winter weather this…
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Extreme weather this year is not just affecting agriculture in the United States. Farmers in many other parts of the world are also experience tragic losses of fruit, honey, and other agricultural products due to extreme heat, rain, hail, and other weather phenomena. Here is an example from Euro News about the loss of fruit…