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The Southeast Farm Press ran a video and written story earlier this week on the three weather catastrophes that hit South Carolina this year–frost, drought and flooding rains. The late spring frost cut peach production somewhat, while the drought cut yields of several crops. When the flooding rains came in early October, they wiped out…
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CBS News had an interesting slide show this week on impacts of the California drought on agriculture and the environment that you might not have thought of. For example, it is becoming difficult to find any grass-fed beef in the region because there is no grass for the cattle to eat. And chili peppers are…
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The weather through Tuesday should be sunny and dry for most of the Southeast this week. From Tuesday through Thursday a storm that will bring up to 6 inches to the Arkansas-Missouri region will move through the region. Fortunately, the rain amounts in the Southeast will be less, close to the normal of just under…
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Grazing the Net posted a link to a compelling video on a rescue of some trapped cattle who were threatened by a wildfire. The storm spotter for Channel 6 in Oklahoma City was out watching fires in the area when he noticed some cattle trapped by a fence as the fires approached. He opened a…
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This week the current strong El Niño tied the all-time sea surface temperature record of 2.8 degrees C above the long-term average with 1997, the record-holder for the strongest El Niño. Since the current El Niño still looks like it will grow for another month or two before it starts its inevitable decay, it should…
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David Schmidt from the Animal Agriculture and Climate Change group that help supports this blog has a new posting up on the AACC web page. This post talks about similarities in reducing carbon emissions between the airline and animal agriculture industries. You can read the post at https://animalagclimatechange.org/airplanes-and-animals/.
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If you’ve been following the weather, you know that a cold front passed through our region in the last few days. It has brought sunnier weather to the area, which is fantastic, but will also be bringing colder weather for the next few days. The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has posted Frost Warnings…