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Feeding cows a few ounces of seaweed daily could sharply reduce their contribution to climate change
A recent study comparing the methane output of cattle fed on different diets showed that feeding just a few ounces of red seaweed daily to cattle decreased their output of methane by 67%, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change, according to The Conversation as quoted in Yahoo News. However, it also reduced…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center issued its April and April-June outlooks today for 2021. They show that for April, warmer and drier conditions than usual are expected, while for the April through June period, warmer than normal conditions are expected but there is no clear signal for precipitation for most of the region, leading to a…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that abnormally dry conditions expanded substantially in Florida over the last week, while the moderate drought in Alabama and Puerto Rico slightly decreased. Georgia’s abnormally dry conditions stayed about the same. Not much rain is expected in Florida for the next week, so we could see D0…
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Here is a long (45 minutes) and detailed video made available by AgWeb on YouTube. The talk was given by Eric Snodgrass of Nutrien Ag Solutions at the 2021 Top Producer Summit in mid-February, so some of the current information is a little old, but it’s a great overview of last year’s growing season and…
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The South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center is offering a free online course on climate change and how to adapt in April that you may be interested in participating in. This self-paced, 4-week course will introduce participants to the physical and ecological impacts of climate change. These include how climate change may impact hydrology, polar…
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USDA published a Federal Register notice earlier this week requesting public input on a climate-smart agriculture and forestry strategy. The notice follows President Biden’s executive order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. The order states that, “America’s farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners have an important role to play in combating the climate…
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The North Carolina Climate Office released their winter summary today. They were one of the wettest areas of the country this year, especially in the eastern half of the state, and were the 13th wettest winter there overall. Most of the precipitation fell as rain, although they did receive some snow as well. You can…
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