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This week Bloomsburg News published a story discussing the northward shift of the grain belt due to increases in temperature and precipitation across the northern US and into Canada. You can find the article here. What do trends in climate mean for corn in the Southeast? In my next post I will show you an…
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(This information was first produced for the UGA IPM newsletter issued on April 17, 2014) Following a very wet 2013, this year has gotten off to a drier than usual start, although generally soil moisture has been very good until recently. In the last few weeks, abnormally dry conditions have started to creep into the…
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I am your guide to the vagaries of weather and climate in the Southeast and their impact on livestock and crop production. I am Pam Knox, agricultural climatologist in the Crop and Soil Sciences Department of CAES at the University of Georgia. I’ve been a climatologist in Wisconsin and Georgia for many years and have…
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Welcome to this blog! In these entries we will be covering stories about climate and its impacts on agriculture in Georgia and across the Southeast. Some of the things we hope to cover include monthly summaries and outlooks on past weather and climate, links to stories about topics related to Southeast agriculture, and sources of…
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