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Update: Dr. Shepherd provided an update on this story on Saturday. You can read it here. In it he shows that the snow was not true lake-effect snow but part of a larger area of convergence…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released yesterday, shows that the area of moderate drought in the Florida Panhandle has gotten worse over the past week and is now classified as Severe Drought (D2). Most of this region was bypassed by the rain storms that drowned northern Georgia and Alabama in the last week. Fortunately, next week’s…
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Here is some important and useful information for folks that are planning to plant corn in Georgia over the next few weeks. It’s from Rome Ethredge in his Georgia Grain News newsletter. Remember that you can get soil temperature information from the UGA weather network at https://www.georgiaweather.net/?content=tr&variable=XS . Corn Planting Folks are getting planters ready…
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National Public Radio published a story earlier this week collecting information on how the trend towards warmer winters is causing impacts in different parts of the US. Here in the Southeast, we are seeing impacts on fruit like blueberries and peaches and on disease vectors…
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Wet weather is causing problems for farmers in many parts of the country, including the Southeast. This article from AgWeb reminds us of some of the ways that the wet planting conditions can adversely affect newly planted crops. Of course, with really wet soil it’s even hard to just get into the fields…
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As I was driving across central Georgia today, I could not help but see all the standing water in the fields, even in areas that are normally not wet. The rivers I crossed over were extremely high and in some cases were well above flood stage. So it is no surprise to me that Lake…
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As winters get warmer across the US, chill hours that are essential for fruit farming also decrease. This has a variety of effects on fruit and nut production, including changes in how flowers are pollinated and how many blooms are produced. National Public Radio had an interesting story about these effects…