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  • 2014 Hay contest results show improvement from 2013 due to weather

    Pam Knox

    October 21, 2014

    The results of the 2014 hay contest are in, and show a marked improvement over 2013, when wet weather caused poor forage conditions across the Southeast.  Here is a paragraph from the contest summary: “Weather is always a major limiting factor when attempting to produce high quality forage. This year, dry conditions in the later…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Extension agent outreach, Livestock
  • Kazakhstan’s wild apple forests are being decimated by development, drought and diseases

    Pam Knox

    October 20, 2014

    Bloomberg Businessweek had an interesting article in the past few days about the reduction in wild apple forests in Kazakhstan due to illegal development of vacation homes as well as drought and increased disease pressure linked in part to changing climate.  Kazakhstan is home to what some consider the birthplace of many modern crops like…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Crops
  • USDA designates Georgia counties as natural disaster areas

    Pam Knox

    October 20, 2014

    Last week the USDA designed six Georgia counties as primary natural disaster areas due to recent drought conditions.  In addition to the primary counties, there are nine additional counties in Georgia and four in Florida that are included in the drought designation due to their location adjoining one of the primary counties.  You can get…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Drought
  • High tide flooding becoming more common in Tybee, Savannah

    Pam Knox

    October 20, 2014

    Savannah Now published an article discussing the increase in coastal flooding during especially high tides, and notes that this type of flooding is becoming more common as sea levels rise.  The sea levels across the world are rising from a combination of expansion of warmer ocean water and melting of ice sheets in the Arctic. …

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Coastal
  • Birds expand or move their ranges under changing climate

    Pam Knox

    October 19, 2014

    Two articles this week described changes in the ranges of birds due to changes in climate, which can impact the range of food supplies and nesting material.  In Watt’s Up With That, guest bloggers Pat Michaels and Chip Knappenberger described the movement of songbirds such as the Eastern bluebird to new locations farther north, expanding…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news
  • California drought pits farmers against private citizens

    Pam Knox

    October 19, 2014

    National Public Radio broadcast a story today about problems some California citizens are having with their wells, which they blame on pumping at farms close to their houses.  These people, many of them retirees or farm workers on limited incomes living in areas not served by public water supplies, depend on their wells to provide…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Drought
  • A dry week ahead for most of the Southeast

    Pam Knox

    October 18, 2014

    The 7-day QPF map shows that most of the Southeast is expected to get no rain for the next week.  The only exception is the far south of the Florida peninsula, including the Keys.  This area is expected to be affected by a low which is organizing in the Bay of Campeche and is forecast…

    Posted in: Climate outlooks
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The “Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast” blog is provided by the Associate Dean of Extension as a service to Extension agents and agricultural producers across the Southeast US. Come here to find out information about the impacts of weather and climate on agriculture across Georgia and beyond.

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