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I ran across this image of an updated list of agricultural losses due to Hurricane Michael on Facebook tonight. I am sure there will be more stories about this tomorrow, but I wanted to share it tonight. You can find a clearer copy of the text at https://southeastagnet.com/2018/10/17/hurricane-michael-georgia-agriculture/ from SEAgNet. The estimates were made by Cooperative Extension…
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A new paper published this week in the journal Climate and Atmospheric Science shows that trends in tornado frequency have decreased in parts of the Plains that are usually thought of as part of “Tornado Alley.” At the same time, the frequency of tornadoes in most of the Southeast has increased, especially in Alabama and…
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Has it felt like October to you? Probably not unless you live in southern Florida. Most of the region has been experiencing temperatures that are well above normal in both daytime highs and nighttime lows. If this continued, it would no doubt be a record-setting month. But with a cold front coming through the region…
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Since Albany, Georgia is far inland, you don’t think of it as a place that suffers from terrible weather events like recent hurricanes. But in this story from the Washington Post, it points out that Albany has suffered from three natural disasters in the past two years–a tornado and Hurricane Irma in 2017 and this…
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A number of studies released in recent years have looked at the impacts of warmer temperatures on the production of vanilla, chocolate, and coffee. Now we can add beer to the list, according to this story from NBC Miami. Projected losses in the yield of barley, a key ingredient of many beers, could reach 17…
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Once the next cold front passes through the Southeast in the next couple of days, fall weather will finally be here. For those of you who love hot weather, and those who hate it, the Midwestern Regional Climate Center has provided this web site which shows the average number of days that the heat index…
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Posted by a friend of a friend on Facebook today. The losses are staggering. “GA Ag Commissioner Gary Black, “Our worst dreams are being realized.” $1B in losses…1 billion With a B! There aren’t the devastating pictures to convey this loss like there are on the coast. But it’s just as real. Farmers don’t usually carry…