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The UGA Department of Poultry Science is hosting a workshop on April 15-17 which discusses how to keep chickens cool in hot weather. Last year over 140 people from 11 countries attended to learn the basics of chicken house ventilation and other methods to keep the flocks comfortable. You can read more at https://www.morningagclips.com/uga-department-of-poultry-science-hosts-hot-weather-management-workshop/.
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Here is a very interesting story in Gizmodo Earther about the decline of a rare conifer called Torreya Taxifolia, which is found in only a few isolated spots in the Florida panhandle and southwest Georgia. These trees are remnants of the last Ice Age forest, when many tree species were pushed south by the combination of…
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In this recent story from the Panama City News-Herald, continuing impacts from Hurricane Michael are discussed. They include an increased chance of bad wildfires due to all of the tree debris in the Florida panhandle, flooding from both damming of streams by large trees and the lack of trees to soak up rain water, and…
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NOAA released their latest monthly climate summary for March 2019 this morning. It shows that for the contiguous 48 states, March was a bit cooler than the long-term average and also in the driest third of all years. The year to date shows us as just slightly cooler than the long-term average (the coldest start…
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Growing Georgia posted a story today about estimates of damage due to the Midwestern storms earlier this spring. The estimates from Accuweather, which include a variety of different impacts from both the blizzard and extensive flooding, estimate that damages may be as much as $12.5 billion. And with another strong storm expected to hit that…
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The Southeast Farm Press has a short slide show, presented by UGA’s Eric Prostko, which describes all of the different ways that herbicide can disappear from your crops. Many of them are related to the weather, either rainfall or sunshine. You can view it here.
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One of the unexpected consequences of all of the trees blown down by Hurricane Michael last year in the Florida Panhandle was that flooding of creeks has increased. The downed tress are acting as dams in creeks they cross, slowing the water and backing it up into areas that are not usually flooded. Removing the…