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Brown marmorated stink bugs are an invasive pest which causes a lot of mid-summer damage to many Southeastern crops, but especially to fruit orchards. A recent study which looked at the likely range of stink bugs in a warmer climate shows that the bugs may migrate to the north and out of the Southeast in…
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While the Southeast has been fairly wet this year, northern parts of the US, and especially Montana and the Dakotas, have been extremely dry. That has caused problems for cattle ranchers who were not able to get adequate feed for their cattle. The result was that producers had to bring in hay from other places…
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One under-reported impact from Hurricane Irma was addressed by CGTN.com this week here. Local fishermen report that Irma hit just a month into the lobster harvesting season and lost up to 43% of their traps, which will have to be replaced. In addition, silt from streams flowing into the ocean may have affected the lobsters. …
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The latest 7-day QPF shows that the driest areas of the Southeast are in northern Florida and southern Georgia and Alabama. What rain comes will occur over the next 2-3 days as a strong cold front moves through the region, followed by several days of dry conditions.
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Modern Farmer posted an interesting story earlier this month about some work that some North Carolina scientists are doing on how changes in the length of the growing season may affect bees. Of course we are all interested in the health of bees because of their important role as pollinators. You might think that a…
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The US Department of Energy has provided a good 1-page fact sheet on how changes in climate in the Southeast will affect energy use and production across the region in the coming years. You can find it at https://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2015/10/f27/Southeast.pdf (at least until it magically disappears). If you are in another part of the country, you…
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Vegetable and Specialty Crop News posted a story this week about continuing efforts to determine the losses from Hurricane Irma to blueberry production. Hurricane winds ripped many bushes right from the ground, forcing farmers to replant. New bushes take two years or more to begin production, which costs the farmer in lost income as…