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Agrivoltaics is the combined use of solar panels and agriculture under the panels that together use less energy and produce more crops. It can also provide shade for livestock. A recent article in Agritecture says this: “In 2019, a study from the universities of Arizona and Maryland found great benefits in combining solar panels and crops. Up…
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Update on slides and recording: https://www.drought.gov/webinars/southeast-climate-monthly-webinar-september-26-2023.Join us for the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar! This webinar series provides the region with information on current and developing climate conditions such as drought, floods, and tropical storms, as well as climatic events like El Niño and La Niña. Speakers may also discuss the impacts of these conditions on…
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Here are a couple more articles describing agricultural impacts from the Florida IFAS/Extension folks and Southeast AgNet. As expected, Idalia has turned out to be a significant loss to Florida farmers in addition to the damage to buildings, roads, and other infrastructure including homes. IFAS: Hurricane Idalia: Florida Agricultural Production Losses Top Estimated $78M Southeast…
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Over the weekend we passed from astronomical summer to fall as the sun moved across the plane of the earth’s equator. Days just get shorter from now until the winter solstice in December. I can certainly tell the change, and I bet you can too. You can learn more about the fall equinox at EarthSky…
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Tropical storm Ophelia formed yesterday and made landfall this morning around 6:20 am along the coast of North Carolina as it moved north along the coastal plain of NC and VA. It is bringing high winds and heavy rain to those areas and is sure to be causing agricultural impacts in that region. We will…
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Tropical Storm Ophelia formed over the last few days and made landfall along the coast of NC this morning. It is moving north and bringing windy conditions and heavy rain to a lot of eastern North Carolina and Virginia. It will be moving out to the northeast over the next couple of days before it…
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If you live along the Gulf Coast, this new free tool may help you identify the potential risks your home may be in danger of experiencing. When you put in your address, then it will use census tract data to determine the relative danger from different risks in the area and what kinds of insurance…