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Combining agriculture with other activities is not new for farmers, but the combination of producing solar energy and grazing livestock is relatively recent. As Modern Farmer points out, land that has solar panels on it is often ideal for cattle and sheep. In fact, if the panels are elevated, they can use the shade from…
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The latest monthly climate summary for the US for April 2021 was released earlier this week. It shows that for a lot of the US, temperatures were fairly mild. Most of the US was also drier than normal, including most of the Carolinas, although southern Georgia was an exception to that. You can read the…
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If you’re a dairy farmer, feeding leftovers or scraps to cows is nothing new. As long as you keep their diets well balanced, cows can eat a surprising variety of things and stay healthy. But feeding leftovers to cattle also provides another benefit–it reduces food waste, one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions.…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that after a glorious Mothers Day weekend, rain will move through the region beginning on Monday from west to east, exiting the region by late week. Amounts are expected to be moderate. There is a small chance of isolated severe weather as the system passes, but a widespread outbreak…
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For those of you who are looking towards June 1 as the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, you might be interested in this refresher on hurricane climatology in the region from Alicia Wasula of Shade Tree Meteorology here. Next week is the NWS Atlanta Hurricane Preparedness Week, and they will be posting information about…
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If you are planting peanuts now, you will want to keep an eye open for how far along your peanuts are. You can use Days After Planting (DAP) to determine how mature your peanuts are, but another option is to use Adjusted Growing Degree Days (AGDD), which is based on temperature and accounts for year-to-year…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that dry conditions in the Southeast decreased slightly and the moderate drought in South Florida was cut in half over the last week, but drought and dry conditions in Puerto Rico expanded a bit. It does not look likely that there will be any big changes in…
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