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The evaporative stress index is a way of measuring rates of evapotranspiration from plants and the ground using satellite data. The higher the rates of water use, the more negative the evaporative stress index. The two maps below show the maps for September 2 and September 8. You can see that on September 2,…
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Keith Carson wrote an entertaining article on his blog about seasonal forecasts. You can read it here. After a satire site printed a map showing an outlook for a very cold winter in the East that went viral, meteorologists spent a lot of time shooting down the “made-up” forecast. Keith talks about this and how…
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The National Drought Mitigation Center in Lincoln, NE, has just released their monthly compendium of stories about drought across the US. Many of these stories focus on the drought in California but other areas are also included. You can read this newsletter and subscribe to it at https://drought.unl.edu/NewsOutreach/MonthlySummary/August2014DroughtandImpactSummary.aspx
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Scientific American posted an article recently describing how golf course managers are adapting to changing climates by picking different varieties of turf grasses that are more resilient to warmer temperatures. The article points out that as far back as the 1970’s the USGA recognized that growing excellent turf grass with less water (more resistant to…
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AgWeb reported from a story in Bloomberg today that rains twice the normal amount fattened pods from North Dakota to Ohio in August. The soybean crop is expected to yield a record 18 percent higher than last year after farmers planted 11 percent more than in 2013 due to favorable markets early in the year.…
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Nick McGhee noted in his Nochaway Ag Update that dryland peanuts this year have been challenged by the drought as well as insect pressures. Some peanuts are coming loose in the pod even though they have not reached maturity. For guidance on harvesting these peanuts, check out his blog entry at https://site.extension.uga.edu/nochaway/2014/09/dryland-peanut-considerations/.
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has just posted their summer summary along with an outlook for fall. You can read it at https://nc-climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=98&h=37a460a0. They include an outlook for fall colors, so if you are traveling to the area, you might want to take a peek.