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Vegetable and Specialty Crop Growers newsletter posted a descriptive article about growing grapes in Georgia, especially some of the challenges that grapes have from the weather and climate of the grape-growing areas (mainly in northern and central GA). In 2017 the wet conditions have contributed to fungal diseases on many grape varieties, while last winter’s…
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From the Georgia Agribusiness Council Facebook: Georgia Pecan Growers Association, Inc estimates a 30% loss of the 2017 pecan crop due to damage from Hurricane Irma. Trees stripped of immature pecans as well as downed trees and limbs will have immediate and long term economic impact. Forestland, cotton, and other crops also impacted. As bad…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has issued a rapid report on the impacts of Irma on North Carolina, out on the edge of the storm. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=242&h=5666e5c1.
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Big Picture Agriculture has a short but interesting article on a new publication showcasing a variety of maps that describe land uses across the US. Since I love maps, it was fun to look at the maps and think about what they mean for agriculture here. The map below shows the percent of land owned…
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While farmers are still waiting for things to dry up after the passage of Irma, some initial articles about preliminary impacts from the storm are starting to appear. They describe impacts on dairy, peanuts, cotton, vegetables and sugar cane. One thing I’ve heard is reports that the pecan crop may take a heavy toll because…
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If you live along the coast, you will be interested in this assessment of storm surge conditions around the Southeast from Hurricane Irma. Because the storm was so large, storm surge occurred at a much wider scale than is usual for hurricanes. You can read more about it at https://hurricanehalssb.blogspot.com/2017/09/four-surges-in-one-wrap-up-on-irmas.html.
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Southeast Farm Press posted a story yesterday about some of the Southeastern crops that could be harmed by Hurricane Irma’s strong winds and rain. Among them are the pecan harvest, with trees that are heavily loaded and may have incurred a lot of damage from Irma’s high winds (similar to Matthew last year), citrus in…