Tools for climate and agriculture
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Weather Underground posted a story today about how one winery owner in Virginia uses a personal weather station to help manage his vineyards. It shows the benefits of having hyper-local weather data so you know exactly what is happening in your own fields. You can read the story here. Weather Underground collects weather data from many…
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The Climate Learning Network sent out their May newsletter this morning and announced that their new web site has now officially launched. You can visit it at https://www.climatelearning.net/ to get news about climate and agriculture around the country, announcements of new resources and webinars, and other great information. Don’t forget to sign up for their newsletter…
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I ran across some great resources on climate and agriculture from Iowa State’s Extension program. While some of them are specific to the Midwest and to corn production, most of them could be used in the Southeast as well. Check them out at https://store.extension.iastate.edu/Topic/Crops/Climate-and-Agriculture. Note that although it says “store” all of the items seem to…
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When you are looking for weather data, wouldn’t you love to have a site that has it all in one place? While I haven’t yet found a site that has everything I want, this Water Resources Dashboard from the US Climate Resilience Toolkit is pretty complete. Take a look at it and see if you…
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The Fruit Growers News reported this week that Alabama peach growers are concerned about the lack of chill hours this year. You can read the article at https://fruitgrowersnews.com/news/alabama-peach-growers-hope-for-cooler-weather/. Some of the problems with the lack of chill hours are a reduction in fruit set and a longer bloom period, which could mean that at harvest growers…
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The latest QPF map shows that large portions of the Southeast will receive less than half an inch of rain in the next seven days. This is welcome news for farmers who are waiting for their soil to dry out so they can get out and work the fields, but is less good for those…
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Reporters often ask me about how a month or a season ranked compared to other years of record. I like to use the Southeastern Regional Climate Center’s Perspectives tool to help determine that. You can use the link https://www.sercc.com/perspectives?user=true and set your own start and end point to pick the time period of interest. For most…