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Following the passage of Hurricane Irma through the Southeast earlier this week, farmers are starting to assess the damage caused by the winds, tornadoes, rain and storm surge of the storm. While it is far too early to make a total determination of the costs of the damage, here are some stories about what farmers…
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Paul Pugliese of the University of Georgia talks about tree damage from Hurricane Irma that occurred across Georgia earlier this week. He describes the types of damage that were seen, including branch breakage and wind throw and uprooting of entire trees. He also includes a section on how you can protect yourself and your property…
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Since it is halfway through the month, it’s worth taking a look at how the climate is doing so far. The maps below show that for most of the Southeast except for Florida, and to a lesser extent coastal areas, the temperatures have been well below normal, which has slowed the ripening of some crops.…
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Thanks to the heavy rains of Irma last weekend, all areas of abnormally dry conditions have been removed from Georgia and South Carolina in this week’s Drought Monitor map. Two small areas remain in North Carolina and Virginia.
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This morning NOAA issued a La Niña watch for the equatorial Pacific Ocean, based in part on strong winds towards the west which are increasing a pool of colder than normal water along the equator. This is a change from last month’s forecast, which indicated neutral conditions would be likely over the winter. The forecast…
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Even though it’s been three weeks since Hurricane Harvey blasted into Texas and dropped an astounding 50 inches of rain, we are still learning about the aftermath of this damaging storm. There are some lessons here to be learned by us here in the Southeast as we deal with the clean-up from Hurricane Irma, too.…
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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…