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The University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment issued a new map showing global emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane due to crop and food production this week. According to the map, much of the inland Southeast is relatively low in GHG emissions. Florida and the coastal plains, however, put off…
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With November 2/3 over, a significant part of the Southeast has had zero rain for the month. When combined with the above normal temperatures in areas that did not get moisture from Hurricane Matthew, it’s no wonder the drought conditions have been expanding across the region. This on top of the very dry conditions in…
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The Southeast Farm Press posted a story today about the negative impacts of the exceptional Southeast drought on the timber industry in Alabama (although the comments are generally true for the rest of the Southeast as well). It points out that the drought and fires will have take a severe toll on forests this year…
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While the official hurricane season is almost over, it’s not too late for a tropical storm to develop. And today we have TS Otto in the Caribbean Sea, a newly formed storm which may become a hurricane before it makes landfall straight west in Central America. You can read more about it at Weather Underground…
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While severe drought is affecting a lot of the Southeast, areas in Florida and South Carolina that got rain from the tropical storms this year are generally doing well, although yields have been reduced in some places. The Packer noted here the pepper and green bean season may start low but that things should improve…
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On Monday November 28 I am going to be participating in a drought workshop in Carroll County on how to manage cattle in drought conditions. If you are near there, you might want to take advantage of the opportunity. I will be discussing the current drought conditions and the outlook for winter. Details are below.…
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The National Weather Service in Peachtree City GA has a new Water Resource Outlook available on YouTube. Unfortunately not a lot of good news on the drought. You can watch and listen to it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObuBk70gicA&feature=youtu.be.
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