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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the small pockets of drought in Alabama and Georgia have shrunk but that a new area of moderate drought has been introduced to western Florida near Tampa. Heavy rains expected later this week may eliminate that in the next couple of weeks, especially as at least…
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As of 11 pm on August 19, Tropical Depression 13 has formed in the central Atlantic Ocean and is headed WNW towards the US. As a newly developed depression without a strong central circulation yet, there is a lot of uncertainty about where it will go. However, the current predictions are for it to strengthen…
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I’ve been following the story of the terrible derecho in the Corn Belt and how it has affected farming there. Here is a story from Farm Progress that gives more detail about how the crops were affected and how things like the corn variety and stalk strength made a difference in how the corn stood…
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The Soil Health Institute is a non-profit charged with safeguarding and enhancing the vitality and productivity of soils. They will release Cotton & Covers, a Healthy Soils for Sustainable Cotton video series, on August 20, 2020. The series follows three Southeastern cotton producers as they discuss their individual journeys to build profitable soil health management systems on their…
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As you know, we are entering the height of the Atlantic hurricane season, and things are starting to look more active. This is especially true this year because of the convergence of several factors which are all favorable for the development of more storms. The Weather Channel has a good discussion of those factors at…
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While in the Southeast we have had problems with livestock after some recent hurricanes like Matthew, I don’t usually think about it in terms of bad weather in the Midwest. But the terrible derecho that they had last week has provided some interesting stories about how producers there are dealing with losses of barns, feed…
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We are now entering the peak hurricane season, and as expected, the tropics are now rapidly becoming more active. The 5-day Atlantic outlook has two areas that are expected to develop into named storms. The eastern wave has a 90 percent chance of development, and could be named Laura in just a day or two.…