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  • Benefits of windbreaks on farms

    Pam Knox

    May 23, 2019

    While over time many farmers have reduced the use of windbreaks on farms to maximize the area under cultivation, they do provide some excellent benefits to crops as well as promoting refuge areas for wildlife and pollinators. They also reduce the amount of wind erosion, which can preserve fertile soil.  You can read more about…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Crops, Forests
  • NOAA predicts near normal Atlantic tropical season in 2019

    Pam Knox

    May 23, 2019

    As expected, NOAA’s forecast for the upcoming 2019 tropical season in the Atlantic Ocean basin shows that they think that the season should have close to an average number of tropical storms and hurricanes in the region. This is based on several indicators, including the current weak status of El Niño. You can read the…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate outlooks, Tropical weather
  • Dry conditions expand after hot and dry week

    Pam Knox

    May 23, 2019

    As expected, the moderate drought and abnormally dry conditions have expanded across a lot of the Southeast in the past week. Little rainfall coupled with much warmer than normal temperatures have caused the expansion of abnormally dry conditions in eastern North Carolina and in parts of Alabama. Conditions in Florida and South Carolina stayed steady,…

    Posted in: Drought
  • U. K. Met Office forecasts near normal Atlantic hurricane season

    Pam Knox

    May 22, 2019

    The latest forecast for the North Atlantic Ocean was released today by the U. K. Met Office. It says that they expect a total number of named storms of 13, just slightly above the long-term average of 12 storms.  NOAA will be releasing its own forecast soon, and I don’t expect it to be much…

    Posted in: Climate outlooks, Tropical weather
  • Spring floods bring woes to farmers in Corn Belt

    Pam Knox

    May 21, 2019

    While we here in the Southeast have been very dry after a fairly wet winter, agricultural producers in the central US are being inundated by wave after wave of wet weather, and more (up to 9 inches in some places) is expected in the next week, which may prevent farmers there from even getting a…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Crops
  • Roundup of Southeast crop conditions as of late May

    Pam Knox

    May 21, 2019

    Brad Haire of the Southeast Farm Press posted a story this week on crop conditions in Georgia, Florida and Alabama going into the end of May based on reports from the Weekly Crop Bulletins from USDA Ag Statistics. While most crop planting is about ten percent ahead of normal, the torrid and dry conditions that…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Crops
  • First named storm of 2019 is no threat to the Southeast

    Pam Knox

    May 20, 2019

    Today the National Hurricane Center announced the formation of Subtropical Storm Andrea in the western Atlantic. It’s moving away from the US so no threat to us, although it could bring rain and gusty winds to Bermuda. This is the fifth May in a row with a named storm that occurred before the official start…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Tropical weather
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The “Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast” blog is provided by the Associate Dean of Extension as a service to Extension agents and agricultural producers across the Southeast US. Come here to find out information about the impacts of weather and climate on agriculture across Georgia and beyond.

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