While parts of the Southeast are expecting yet another round of rain in the next few days, farmers in other parts of the country are also struggling with very wet conditions. AgWeb posted a story this week about how Midwestern farmers in the Corn Belt are also dealing with very wet conditions for a second year in a row…
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If you are interested in looking at public opinion about climate change in your county and creating a fact sheet to summarize it, here is an easy-to-use tool for you to use. It also allows you to provide maps for your entire state, as seen in the attached map for Georgia…
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You are not imaging it that spring has come early this year, although we could still see cold weather in the next few weeks. The US National Phenology Network (NPN) gives us a glimpse each year of how spring is progressing across the country by tracking blooms of flowers, sitings…
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If you love landscape images, you will enjoy these photo winners from the BBC showing a variety of unbelievable landscapes from around the world. Time for a road trip? The photo I am using for this blog post is not one of the winners, so be sure to check out…
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After the first nine days of the month, a number of stations in the Southeast are experiencing their wettest February on record. Of course, there is still a lot of the month to go, but the areas with the highest ranked months are also in the area that is expected…
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Here is an interesting story I read in Modern Farmer this morning. You may have heard that dogs’ keen sense of smell has been used to find truffles underground or even identify potential cancer in humans, but in this story, research has shown that dogs may also be able to…
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Farmers from across the Florida Panhandle, as well as southern Alabama and Georgia are invited to attend the 2020 Panhandle Row Crop Short Course. The meeting will be hosted by Jackson County Extension on Thursday, March 5 at the Jackson County Agriculture Conference Center (2741 Penn Ave., Marianna, FL). Registration…
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