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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…
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The latest monthly climate summary for August 2020 has just been released by the North Carolina Climate Office. You can view it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=323&h=5666e5c1.
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The University of Florida IFAS Extension has put together a very informative video about the many ways that extension agents can help producers with farm management decisions. It overviews testing and calibration, drone surveys, training, and individual consultation. Even though this video was done for Florida, it is a great summary of what extension agents…
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Historically, people have figured out the flood risk for their property using FEMA flood plain maps, which can be cumbersome to use. Here is a new free and simple tool which provides a quick evaluation of the flood risk on your property on a 1-10 scale, taking into account both historical floods and future climate…
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September 1 marks the start of climatological fall for atmospheric scientists like me. As I write this article (for the Peanut Pointers newsletter) on September 2, the tropics are active, with two named storms (Nana and Omar) and two more areas that could develop in the next week. Tropical activity is part of autumn in…
Posted in: Climate outlooks