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In this blog I try to provide information about agriculture both in and outside of the Southeast, because markets and weather know no boundaries. Here is a good summary article in Bloomberg that describes a lot of the different extreme weather events that are affecting agriculture and food supplies around the world. Unfortunately, it may…
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With just a few days to go in the month of July, it won’t surprise anyone this year that the month is likely to end up wetter and cooler than normal, even with the warmer temperatures expected the next few days. Virginia is really the only area with a big region of warmer than normal…
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The ACF Basin is drought-free according to the most current U.S. Drought Monitor (data as of 7/20/2021). Webinar recording can be found here.Next month’s ACF Drought and Water Webinar is on Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at 1:00pm ET.Register here for upcoming ACF monthly webinars. Sign up for ACF drought list here. July Key PointsACF Climate Conditions and OutlooksTropical Storms Danny…
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The Southeast Farm Press posted an interesting story by Brad Haire this week on how the wet conditions have affected our farmers in the last few weeks. I have heard many agents and producers saying the same thing–we would rather have a lot of rain than a drought, but…it is hard to get work done…
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Here is a teacher’s resource for educators of kids in grades 5-8 on coastal impacts of climate variability and change. The material was jointly produced by NASA and EPA in 2008, so it is a little dated since we have had a lot of hurricanes and tropical storms that affected the coast since then. However,…
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A new report commissioned by the Farm Journal Foundation discussed how agriculture is affected by changing climate and how it is uniquely situated to help us cut greenhouse gas emissions and fight the changes in climate we are already seeing. It discusses what changes we are seeing in emissions over time and how the warming…
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A messy area of low pressure off the coast of Florida this week is drifting west and is expected to bring some rain to coastal areas of northeast Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina early this week. The low has only a small chance of developing into a tropical depression, so winds are not expected to…