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While it is far too early to provide a definitive estimate of the losses that have occurred to Georgia agriculture from Hurricane Michael, here are a couple of articles which start to gather information about how bad the losses could be. The Southeast Farm Press reported here that Michael caused significant damage to cotton, peanuts,…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows a slight increase in moderate drought and abnormally dry conditions across the Southeast in the past week. However, the cutoff date for the map was last Tuesday, before Michael came onshore, so I expect to see significant reductions in dry conditions in next week’s map.
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I don’t usually take the time to brag about the UGA Weather Network, a network of 86 weather stations scattered around Georgia taking high-quality weather measurements which are used by a variety of groups, including the National Weather Service, media outlets, and many agricultural producers as well as university scientists. But I am proud to…
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As the remains of Hurricane Michael moves northeast out of Georgia and into South Carolina, and later today, North Carolina and Virginia, producers will get a first look at the damage caused by winds of up to 155 mph along the coast. The pictures I’ve seen so far aren’t pretty, with groves of tree snapped…
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I spent most of the day watching Hurricane Matthew move towards land and finally make landfall east of Panama City FL. I am about to go to my basement to sleep as the wind is up and the rain is coming down hard in Athens GA. Here is a shot from one of my favorite…
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UGA Extension (Laurel L Dunn, Andre Luiz Biscaia Ribeiro da Silva) has produced a web site which describes how to handle vegetable harvest before and after a flooding event like a hurricane which may be of use to vegetable producers. Since flood water after a storm can contaminate the vegetables, producers are encouraged to harvest…
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The latest national monthly climate summary for September 2018 was released today. It shows that for the contiguous 48 states, this was the 4th warmest and the 3rd wettest September since records began in 1895. The biggest event was Hurricane Florence, which no doubt contributed to the very wet conditions. You can read their summary…
Posted in: Climate summaries