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According to an article in Southeast Farm Press this week, there are some benefits that soybean farmers can get from planting their soybeans before May, but it comes with risk too. Benefits include increased yields, lower disease pressure, and the ability to take advantage of soil moisture before it gets hot and dry later in…
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If you are interested in how extreme weather and climate are affecting crops in other parts of the world, Bloomberg provides a good tour of different countries at https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-09/extreme-weather-events-expose-vulnerability-of-crops-globally There are a surprising number of different impacts on Asia, Africa, Europe and North and South America listed.
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Earlier this month I participated in the Panhandle Row Crop short course in Marianna FL. The organizers have just released highlights from the presentations at the short course. You can read them and view PDFs of the presentations here at Growing Georgia. If you are interested in seeing my slides (mostly images, fewer words) on…
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You might consider Georgia the Peach State, but peaches also grow in otehr parts of the Southeast like South Carolina and in Florida, and in fact Florida’s are the first to market since they are grown farther south. Florida peach farmers need to use varieties that are low-chill because of the lack of cold air.…
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Here’s a good article that explains what last frost probabilities are and how they relate to planting dates, from the Garden Professors blog. It also explains the difference between a frost and a freeze. If you find this topic confusing, you might find the explanations to be useful. You can view it here.
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I posted the link to this summary a few days ago but think it is worth posting here in full. Even though it was written for North Carolina, the general information (not the exact numbers, but reasonably close) is correct for everywhere in the Southeast. If you would like to adapt this for another state,…
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Before the advent of modern weather forecasting using computer models, meteorologists often used analogs to find similar weather in previous years and use that to predict how the weather would change. A modern take on that is to use machine learning with big data to identify patterns in weather that could help predict severe weather…