Livestock
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The online course on animal agriculture and climate change that was produced by one of our supporting grants is now available for free as a self-study course at the link below: https://www.extension.org/pages/73079/climate-change-and-animal-agriculture-self-study-topics#.VikF7NKrS71 You can learn more about the course at https://animalagclimatechange.org/free-online-course/. Each module can be taken individually. The list of topics covered is below. WEATHER…
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Our sister blog for the “Animal Agriculture in a Changing Climate” project has a new blog post out this week with the title above. You can read the post at https://animalagclimatechange.org/mother-nature-always-wins/. The blog discusses the impacts of extreme weather events on livestock production and agriculture and how future extreme events might impact farmers. The project has a…
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The heavy rain and flooding that impacted South Carolina last week ruined tens of thousands of hay bales, according to extension agents around the Southeast. This is hay that livestock producers were counting on to feed their livestock through the winter. Now these farmers will have to look for quality hay to replace what was…
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As a climatologist and geographer I am always fascinated by the variety of maps that are available. You can measure the “climate” of many things, not just the weather. This week Matt Daniel, meteorologist at WMAZ in Macon, posted this map of the most active time for deer movement across Georgia from the Georgia Wildlife…
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Because of the current El Niño, which is expected to last through the winter, heavy rain events of more than 2 inches in a day are twice as likely to occur than usual in the Southeast, according to Florida State Climatologist David Zierden. You can read an article and watch a video about his outlook at…
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The Southeast Regional Climate Hub has produced a new comprehensive document describing the Southeast’s vulnerability to changing climate and methods for adapting to and mitigating for the effects of those likely changes. It includes impacts on crops, livestock, and forests across the region. You can read the document at https://climatehubs.oce.usda.gov/sites/default/files/Southeast%20Vulnerability%20Assessment%20Final.pdf.
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Our sister blog at “Animal Agriculture in a Changing Climate” has a new post this week on the role that farmers play in the climate change story. You can read it at https://animalagclimatechange.org/victim-contributor-solver/.