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You might not know it, but the Athens area in Georgia is located in a radar “hole” where the radar beam from the NOAA radar at Peachtree City is so high off the ground that it misses a lot of low-lying precipitation as well as storm structure that could be important for monitoring severe weather…
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The recent snowfall in southern Georgia and nearby regions brought a lot of moisture and cold temperatures to the citrus groves that are growing around that part of the state. Lindy Savelle, the executive director of the Georgia Citrus Association, suggests that now would be a good time to treat the snow-affected trees with fungicide…
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I received an email today from USDA announcing two informational webinars on the hurricane wind insurance program that has been the bane of many producers’ existence this year. I like to think that maybe I had a little to do with getting them to do this, although I don’t know that for sure. Here is…
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Now that the big winter storm has passed, most of the region should see drier and quieter conditions for the next week, although it will still be colder than average for the rest of the month. Another Gulf low will bring rain to southern Alabama, western FL, and SW Georgia in the next few days.…
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One of the consequences of the warming climate is that the growing season is getting longer. This provides producers with the opportunity to try to get two crops from a field in a season instead of just one. Of course, some farmers are already doing this to improve their income, but this may become more…
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While most of the region has already experienced a killing freeze this year, areas in the southern part of the region have not and are very vulnerable to the cold air that is streaming south into Florida. UF/IFAS posted a rerun of a very useful blog post describing the different kinds of freezes that occur…
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Most of you already know about losses to agriculture from the hurricanes and tropical storms that have crossed our region this year, including Debby, Helene, and Milton, but you might not realize that we also had losses from severe weather in the Southeast as well as other parts of the country. You can read more…
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