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Here is an interesting article from the Missouri Ruralist describing how three different farm families have adapted their cattle farms to respond to changing markets as well as changing climate conditions to make sure that their farm is sustainable and can be handed down to the next generation of their farm families. In all three…
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If you have never heard the term “thirstwave”, you are not alone. I saw it for the first time this week in an article in Nautilus. According to the article, “two hydrologists, Meetpal Kukal and Mike Hobbins, from the University of Idaho and University of Colorado respectively, recently coined the term, which is meant to…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that most of the drought that has plagued the Southeast has been reduced or eliminated after the last couple of weeks of rain. This week’s change is particularly noticeable in Virginia and eastern North Carolina, which received the most rain this week. By contrast, southern Florida continues in…
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Earlier this week NOAA released their latest seasonal outlook for June through August 2025. It shows that both June and the June through August period are leaning toward a forecast of warmer than normal conditions. This is not a surprise because with the upward trend in temperature we have been seeing in the Southeast since…
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Here is a story on a topic you don’t read about every day. A new study done in collaboration between NASA and the Smithsonian shows that satellites may be able to help identify volcanoes that are about to erupt by looking for signs of enhanced carbon dioxide emissions in plant life downwind of the volcano.…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, shows that many areas of the Southeast that were in drought or abnormally dry conditions last year have experienced an improvement in the latest map. The rainfall that we had was widespread and helped alleviate the dry conditions. Farmers are rejoicing! There are still dry conditions in…
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If you have heard the term “atmospheric river” you may think of them as plumes of very humid air that blow into the US West Coast, bringing flooding rain to locations in that part of the country. But the Southeast also has atmospheric river events, including the one that occurred this past weekend with the…