Tropical Storm Julia pulled together late last night over land on the northeast coast of Florida and has been tracking along the coast to the north today. Heavy rain has been observed to the north of the storm and mostly to the east of the circulation, although there has been…
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UPDATE: As of 11 pm this storm will be named Tropical Storm Julia. It is now located near St. Augustine FL and is continuing to slowly move north. See http://www.nhc.noaa.gov for updates. Investigation 93L is currently spinning near Daytona Beach, Florida and bringing heavy rain to southeastern Georgia and the…
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The USDA’s Southern Research Station posted an article discussing the replacement of loblolly pines with longleaf pines after damage by hurricanes or other strong wind events. Longleaf pines are more resilient to wind and forest fire damage and are also less affected by pine beetles, but have been largely replaced…
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AgWeb reported that fears about damage to the citrus industry from Hurricane Hermine caused futures prices of orange juice to rise in advance of the storm’s landfall. Florida is the second biggest orange juice production region after Brazil. Cotton futures also rose as flooding was expected in areas with significant…
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Brad Haire of the Southeast Farm Press has a story today about the impacts of Hermine on the pecan harvest in Georgia. The worst part of the state’s damage was in the lower southeast part of the state; fortunately, winds were less damaging in other areas, so the state’s total…
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The preliminary damage reports of Hermine’s passage through the Southeast show that the majority of the damage was due to power outages and downed trees, with a few reports of isolated tornadoes. Online Athens reported that over 107,000 homes in Georgia and an estimated 325,000 people in Florida lost power…
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Jeff Cook, the Ag Extension agent in Georgia’s Taylor and Peach Counties, wrote a fantastic piece in the Three Rivers Ag News blog about the impacts of Hermine’s rainfall on a variety of crops in middle Georgia. I am reposting it here in its entirety. If you are interested in…
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