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A new report from NOAA assesses the vulnerability of each state to drought. According to their report, “If asked where in the United States is most vulnerable to drought, you might point to those states in the West currently suffering under hot and dry conditions and raging wildfires. However, according to a new NOAA-funded assessment, what makes a…
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The Resilient Rural America Project is a free online training program to help rural communities to become better equipped to withstand extreme weather and changing climate. They are working to produce a series of training modules to help rural communities learn more about extreme weather and changes in climate and how they can become more…
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The USDA Southeast Climate Hub has recently expanded their list of guides for hurricane preparation and recovery. There are guides available for each state but there are also guides available for many different commodities and agricultural products in the region. The guides include livestock, forests, forage, and even beekeeping in addition to several specialty and…
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Growing Georgia has provided a recent update on crops across the Southeast, including cotton, peanuts, corn, and soybeans. Generally, wet field conditions have hampered harvests and caused problems with fungal diseases on many crops. Producers are still worrying about the second half of the tropical season and additional stormy weather that may impact crops and…
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Have you ever wondered why the season after summer has two distinct names–fall and autumn? I confess I never thought much about it, but here is a story from Atlas Obscura with a definite discussion of how the two terms for the season that marks the end of the growing season (in most parts of…
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The Atlantic is quiet now, with no named storms in existence and nothing immediately threatening on the horizon. However, the 5-day outlook does show an area in the Caribbean that has a 20% chance of developing in the next five days. The models indicate that it could become a tropical storm by the end of…
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I’ve posted several stories about the impacts of Sally on agriculture in the Southeast. This latest, from IFAS, indicates that the costs from Sally were between $55 and $100 million. Damage from 2018 Hurricane Michael was worse because the winds were stronger and lasted farther inland, but Sally dropped a lot more rain because it…