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Now that many parts of northern and central Georgia have experienced frost and we have reached November 20, the climatological median date for a freeze in the region, the National Weather Service notes that they are no longer issuing frost/freeze warnings for their forecast area. The idea is that this time of year most plants…
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A short course on row crop agriculture will be taught by Alabama Extension folk on December 13 and 14 in Auburn AL. You can get CEUs and Pesticide credits for attending. Hotel rooms must be reserved by November 30. You can read more at https://news.aces.edu/blog/2018/11/12/alabama-row-crops-short-course-set-for-dec-13-14/, where you will also find a link to registration.
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One of the newer crops that is getting a lot of attention in Georgia is citrus. I’ve worked with several farmers who are looking into satsumas and other cold-hardy varieties to see how well they can do in our state. I was happy to hear from one of my farmers down near Bainbridge in SW…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that the area of moderate drought that was recently introduced to Florida has expanded along the East Coast and now covers almost 10% of the state. Drought in Georgia and South Carolina receded slightly or stayed constant. Seasonal rain in the next week should keep the drought from…
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The USDA’s Southeast Regional Climate Hub is in the process of developing a manual that will help land owners deal with preparations for and recovery from hurricanes. The manual will be based on input from a recent workshop that I attended last week in Gainesville FL and will feature checklists and lists of resources that…
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The latest global monthly climate summary for the globe was released by NOAA today. It shows that October 2018 was the second warmest since records began in 1880, following the record warm year of 2015 when a strong El Niño was occurring. Note that in the Southeast, the Florida peninsula was record warm for October.…
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Brad Haire published a second in a series of stories about how Florida and Georgia farmers are coping with the aftereffects of Hurricane Michael. This story, from Southeast Farm Press, tells about the impacts on one peanut worker and has a set of slides which show the devastation of the storm. You can read it…