Tropical weather
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While the 2017 tropical season in the Atlantic is not yet over, it is ramping down and (we hope) will not bring much more action to the Southeast. But it is interesting to look at how the developing La Niña conditions might affect next year’s season. Usually La Niña lasts for a few months and…
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Adam Rabinowitz of UGA posted a story in Southeast Farm Press this week which discussed the large yield of peanuts that were harvested this year. While Hurricane Irma negatively impacted the cotton crop, it did not affect the peanut yields in any meaningful way and both irrigated and dryland crops were expected to do well…
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Drovers’ Newsletter posted a story today that describes the accumulated costs of Hurricane Harvey on Texas agriculture. The major financial impacts of the storm were due to losses of cotton and losses to livestock. The new estimates include both the costs of animals killed in the storm and the costs of damage to infrastructure like…
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One under-reported impact from Hurricane Irma was addressed by CGTN.com this week here. Local fishermen report that Irma hit just a month into the lobster harvesting season and lost up to 43% of their traps, which will have to be replaced. In addition, silt from streams flowing into the ocean may have affected the lobsters. …
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Vegetable and Specialty Crop News posted a story this week about continuing efforts to determine the losses from Hurricane Irma to blueberry production. Hurricane winds ripped many bushes right from the ground, forcing farmers to replant. New bushes take two years or more to begin production, which costs the farmer in lost income as…
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While the tropics have quieted down quite a bit from their earlier spate of activity, it’s important to remember that the official end of the Atlantic tropical season is November 30, and that we still have almost a month to go before it ends (and some storms have occurred outside the regular season, for that…
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The latest damage estimates to Florida citrus show a higher impact on citrus production than originally thought. Market Intel reported this week that production of citrus there is the lowest in 70 years, due to a combination of lower consumer demand, citrus greening, and the significant impacts of Hurricane Irma. In fact, as more fruit…