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The National Drought Monitor released their latest drought map today and severe drought (D2–dark tan on drought map) showed up for the first time in Georgia since March 19, 2013. Two small areas in south central and southwest Georgia were identified and are well correlated with the lowest departures from normal over the last 90…
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The SE Cattle Advisor blog (https://www.secattleadvisor.com/)posted a wonderful essay on stockmanship this week. This essay was written by Dr. Lee Jones of the UGA School of Veterinary Medicine. You can read the full essay by clicking here. Here is the first paragraph to start you off: “Stockmanship, like sustainability, is a commonly used word that many…
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Some farmers still rely on forecasts from the Farmers’ Almanac to provide climate information for planning purposes. The Washington Post this week pointed out that the Farmers’ Almanac got the forecast completely wrong this year in temperature, although it was closer in precipitation in Washington DC (but not in the Southeast, where it predicted wet,…
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On July 31, the USDA Agricultural Research Service posted an article by Ann Perry summarizing a series of studies done by USDA scientists showing the strong links between cattle production and weather. For example, scientists found that in the period 1975-2012, two-thirds of the cow-calf production was due to seasonal variations from weather, with increases…
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The tropics are starting to heat up, as we expect to happen in late August and on into September. This is the peak time for tropical storm development in the Atlantic. Right now there is a broad area of rotating low pressure in the Atlantic Ocean to the east of Venezuela moving towards the west.…
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Growing Georgia posted a story by Clint Thompson of UGA on the state of the peanut crop, which has suffered from drought in recent weeks. You can find the story by clicking here. Dr. Scott Monford noted that the crop could really use a good rain, and that insects have also caused some issues, but…