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The Georgia Farm Bureau has a nice video on the current status of the peanut harvest in Georgia. You can see it here at a link from Growing Georgia. As you’ll hear, the peanut yields this year have been OK but not great due to the hot and dry conditions that hit parts of the peanut-growing…
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According to a story posted this week in The Packer, “Drought, rain and hail in different parts of the country may take their toll on pumpkin supplies as Halloween nears.” The Northeast is the most likely to see shortages with a drought that has blanketed the region for most of the summer, reducing yields by…
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Check out this fantastic shot of the aurora borealis from the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership. It was taken by the Day/Night Band on the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrumentover Canada in the early hours on September 29, 2016. Image Credit: Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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You may not know it, but Mars Chocolate, the maker of candy brands like M&M, Snickers, and Dove, employs a small team of meteorologists who are dedicated to analyzing the impacts of the weather on the chocolate business. Many other commodity-based companies as well as financial firms do the same thing to keep abreast of weather and…
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A small area of D4 exceptional drought was introduced to Georgia in this week’s Drought Monitor in the far northwest part of the state. This is the first time that anywhere in Georgia has seen exceptional drought since February 5, 2013 (although that was in central Georgia). Severe drought expanded in Alabama, including a region…
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Did you know that when you fly, if you use the plane’s WiFi you have access to more current and detailed weather information than the pilots who are flying your aircraft do? Not having the best weather information has led to planes flying directly through thunderstorms and even hail shafts, causing damage to planes and…
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AgWeb reported this week that the costs of orange juice and coffee are both climbing due to extreme weather in Brazil. Drought conditions are driving up the costs of coffee beans in the coffee production areas while heavy rains in the citrus belt are hampering production of orange juice. Even the cost of sugar is…