Livestock
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This week’s Considering Climate blog from the Animal Agriculture in a Changing Climate group that helps fund On the CASE discusses the perspectives of a dairy farmer (1700 cows) in New York on management strategies for his farm. While he does not know how much climate change is affecting his farm, he does know that good…
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The Southeast Regional Climate Hub’s latest newsletter is now available here. It includes a number of meeting announcements, updates, and short articles, including one on managing swine in an El Niño year. Check it out!
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The Washington Post had an interesting article this week on how companies use weather predictions and observations to drive their sales of items that are seasonal. So a forecast of snow might cause an increase in ads for snow shovels, skis, and soup. Or a forecast of hot weather might increase sales on ice cream.…
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Dr. Dennis Hancock of UGA has a timely article about dealing with all the moldy hay that has been produced this year during the wet and cool conditions this fall. Even hay that was dry in the field may have absorbed moisture in the barn and become moldy later. Horses are the most sensitive to…
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CNN posted an interview with Dr. Erin Lipp, professor of environmental health at the University of Georgia, on the topic of the impacts of changing climate on health and diseases. Dr. Lipp says that the changes in climate we have seen in recent years can increase risks for human health, no only through increases in…
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I’m meeting today with other scientists on the Animal Agriculture and Climate Change research project that helps fund this blog. One of the topics for discussion was the AACC resources page at https://animalagclimatechange.org/resources/. This page now has a search capability which allows you to look for resources related to specific species, climate topics, mitigation and…
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CBS News had an interesting slide show this week on impacts of the California drought on agriculture and the environment that you might not have thought of. For example, it is becoming difficult to find any grass-fed beef in the region because there is no grass for the cattle to eat. And chili peppers are…