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I want to take a minute today to recognize colleague and friend Julia Gaskin from UGA for being honored at the Georgia Organics annual meeting last weekend for her work, along with long-time Athens resident Eric Wagoner, on sustainable agriculture in the state of Georgia. These folks epitomize the use of good stewardship and care […]
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The Washington Post posted an article yesterday discussing grass-fed beef and how production methods affect the balance of greenhouse gases like methane. Since cows produce methane as part of the digestion process, and methane can increase global warming by absorbing infrared radiation being given off from the Earth, this is an important question. But it […]
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AgWeb published a story today on predictions that farmers in the northern part of the country may face delays in spring planting due to the winter conditions this year. The maps below show the 60 day departures from normal for temperature (left) and precipitation (right) from the High Plains Regional Climate Center. The combination of […]
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I don’t know about you, but I am ready for spring. But while we’re waiting for the next storm to hit northern parts of the Southeast tomorrow, here are a few stories about winter storms that might be of interest to you. Yahoo News has a story colorfully entitled “Why it’s so freaking cold” about […]
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations released a news article this morning based on a talk given to the International Forum on Agriculture and Climate Change. In it, the FAO Director-General discussed current agricultural methods and how, even though farmers produce more food than what is needed by the world, problems with […]
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Rome Ethredge reported in the Seminole Crop E News blog that some farmers in southwest Georgia are starting to plant sweet corn, although field corn has not been planted yet. He noted that at their corn meeting this past week Dr. Dewey Lee, UGA grains scientist, said that 2 inch soil temperatures had to be […]
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The extended range forecast for the Southeast through the end of February into early March shows that while cold temperatures are continuing to hammer the northern part of the US, our temperatures here in the Southeast should moderate, especially in the southern part of the region, bringing some relief from the cold. Rainfall is expected […]
Posted in: Climate outlooks