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The severe drought in the western United States is causing many issues for agricultural producers. Fires are burning up rangeland and forests, and the extremely dry conditions have shut down the growth of grasses needed for production of cattle. This is causing ranchers concern about how rising temperatures may be leading to longer and stronger…
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A drier air mass is moving into the Southeast behind today’s front. That should mean cooler and less humid air will be in place for the next few days before humidity returns. Kirk Mellish of WSB has an excellent description of the forecast and how things are changing at his blog here. The forecast dewpoint…
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Here is a wonderful site which provides sound clips of forests all over the world. I don’t see any from the Southeast but there are clips from Denali to the Western Sahara to New Zealand that you can sample to hear birds, beavers and bees as well as wind and waterfalls. You can try some…
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Western regions of the Southeast will receive only small amounts of rain this week. The biggest rainmaker will be an upper level low which is currently near Cuba but is expected to makes its way north over the next few days, bringing heavy rain to the Florida Peninsula and along the East Coast before it…
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UF IFAS Extension posted a story in their Friday newsletter today describing the better than expected yields they are getting from this year’s corn in the Florida Panhandle. A slow start to the season due to cool and dry conditions left corn plants short until rain returned later in the season. Many growers are reporting…
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Agricultural producers are still assessing the impacts of Hurricane Laura on their crops and livestock. In spite of strong winds and heavy rain that caused power outages and flattened many fields, some areas were less hard hit than originally thought. Here are two articles from Southeast Farm Press which describe some of the damage that…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that there is currently no drought in the region. However, there are still patches of abnormally dry (D0) conditions in Alabama, and Florida, where they have shrunk, and in Georgia, where they have expanded due to lack of rainfall from Marco and Laura. With little to no…
Posted in: Drought