• A  blizzard that hit parts of Texas late in 2015 has caused significant losses to the dairy industry, including the loss of 40,000 dairy cattle, according to an article in AgWeb on December 31.  In addition to the deaths of many cattle in the frigid and stormy conditions, hundreds of truckloads of milk had to be…

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  • A recent study of Australian wheat and sheep farmers after years of increasing drought and dust storms shows that the farmers are suffering from depression, according to a recent story in Modern Farmer. “The biggest problem seems to be the uncertainty. Farmers don’t know whether their crops will survive or be hit by a sudden…

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  • I admit that I am a sucker for “best” lists around New Year’s.  Having said that, I think you’ll also enjoy this slide set of the 50 best science and technology images of 2015 from Popular Science magazine.  There are several of weather and agriculture included in the set.  Happy New Year! https://www.popsci.com/best-science-and-tech-images-of-2015?image=0 PS If…

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  • Today is Perihelion

    If you think that we are cold in winter because that is when Earth is farthest from the sun (as a study showed many Harvard students believe), then you will be surprised to know that today is Perihelion, the day of the year when the Earth is closest to the sun.  (Aphelion, the point on…

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  • Many of you are probably sick of the rain that has been falling for the past two weeks, at least in the wet areas of the Southeast.  You will be happy to know that most of the storms that pass through the area in the next week are expected to drop the majority of their…

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  • The preliminary climate summary for 2015 shows that nearly every station in Florida set a new record for the highest annual temperature, while the flooding in South Carolina in October contributed to the record-setting wet year that Charleston and other nearby SC locations experienced.  Many other locations in the Southeast experienced a top ten warmest…

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  • Happy New Year!

    Another year has come and gone and we are all looking forward to 2016.  Hope the end of 2015 was safe and happy for you, and that 2016 is another year of growth.  Happy New Year everyone!

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