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You may have heard folks claim that climate scientists are just pushing a climate change agenda because they are making a lot of money doing it. How do you respond? I thought this description by Katherine Hayhoe did a good job of explaining how money for climate grants is split between universities and researchers. “Climate…
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The 7-day QPF shows that most of the Southeast will be dry this week, but the Florida peninsula and areas along the northern borders of Georgia and Alabama will see some rain early and late in the week, with a dry period across the entire region Tuesday through Thursday. This should help reduce dry conditions…
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The Panhandle Ag e-News had a story today about their new Friday Feature, which highlights old agricultural videos. The feature for today shows a short video (about 10 minutes long) describing cattle ranching in Florida from the Florida Beef Council. It’s a bit old-fashioned but still an interesting look at ranching with Brahma cattle. You can…
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NASA has a new online post which describes how trees are able to capture climate information in their annual growth rings. This information, called paleodata or proxy data, allows us to look back farther in time than using just instrumental records. You can use not only living trees but also trees from the past that…
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Now that the grant for “Animal Agriculture in a Changing Climate” is ending, the course materials, including the original video modules and reference material, have been moved to the eXtension site for at least the next year. While the course is no longer offered, all of the materials can still be used for self-study. Many…
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Even though the drought in the Southeast has been significantly reduced due to recent rains, the impacts of the drought are still causing problems for farmers. Growing Georgia published a story by Katie Nichols of Alabama Cooperative Extension describing some of the continuing problems that producers are having going into the next growing season. You…
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I want to give a shout-out to the National Weather Service employees in the Southeast this week who have been out surveying tornado damage this week following the severe storms we had in several states. The map below shows the tornado tracks that have been identified by NWS employees from just the Peachtree City office…