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Vidalia onions are one of Georgia’s signature crops, and every year the Vidalia Onion Committee and the Georgia Department of Agriculture set a release date based on the crop readiness, weather conditions, and other factors. This year they have set the date for the release of the onions as April 16, and consumers are already…
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The North Carolina Climate Office has released their climate summary for the winter season of 2019-2020. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=313&h=5666e5c1 .
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Vegetable and Specialty Crop News posted a story this week on delays in planting watermelons due to wet soils in south Georgia. Some areas are almost three weeks behind due to the excessive rainfall in February and early March. If the producers have to wait too long to plant, the melons may not be ready…
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Farmers are taking advantage of drier and warmer soils in southern Georgia to get their corn crops planted, in spite of issues with the COVID-19 virus. Now that soils are well above the 55 degree temperature, germination of corn plants can occur quickly and young plants can emerge in seven to 12 days. You can…
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Following the devastating tornado disaster in Nashville earlier in March, Popular Science posted this article on changes in the severe weather season in the Southeast. While the total number of tornadoes appears to be fairly constant over time, the number of outbreaks with several tornadoes on a single day has increased. These tend to the…
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If you love to watch time-lapse satellite imagery, you will enjoy watching this 16-minute video put together from imagery from the very high-resolution satellite Himawari over the Pacific Ocean. Watch hurricanes, wave clouds and even a solar eclipse in this magnificent film. You can check it out at https://dceff.org/film/year-along-geostationary-orbit/ . You can also see other…
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I am going to be giving a webinar describing the climate of 2019 across the Southeast, a look at what is happening now, and a look ahead at what we might be able to expect for the coming growing season. You are welcome to join us by Zoom on Tuesday, March 24 at 11 am…