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If you are planting trees, you are investing in the future. How do you get the best return on your investment? By making sure that the trees you plant will thrive in the climate 30 or 40 years from now, when it is likely to be warmer with more frequent…
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The US Forest Service has produced a series of apps and fact sheets relating climate trends to agriculture and forestry in the US. Here is one app which compared drought frequency in the US between two time periods, one from 1960 to 1986 and the other from 1987 to 2013….
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On Thursday March 29 there will be a live webinar on Forestrywebinars.net at 2 pm covering two new sources of information on climate and drought data. The information on what will be covered is listed below. The webinar should also be recorded for later viewing. Preregistration is not required. Here…
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I love maps and was excited to discover this new mapping tool that allows you to look at climate diversity and change over time across the globe. It was designed by a University of Cincinnati professor and is interactive. You may want to look at the manual (red box at…
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As you know, the last few weeks have been much MUCH above normal in temperature across the Southeast, with temperatures in many places setting daily records for maximum and high minimum temperatures and quite a few stations expected to set all-time February daily and monthly records. One of the results…
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UF/IFAS announced that a new tool which cattle ranchers can use to determine appropriate hay and supplement needs for their cattle in winter is now available. The tool uses an spreadsheet approach with farmer inputs like animal weight, whether she is lactating, and the quality of the base hay to…
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Here’s some interesting information about a source of weather forecast data that might be useful for farmers across the Southeast, from Mark Hoffmann at our sister UGA Extension blog on viticulture. Note that the six-day forecast for humidity, wind, dew/frost and other variables will be good for planning field work…
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