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National Public Radio had an intriguing story about a hay farm in Arizona that is owned by a Saudi dairy company and how it is affecting local groundwater levels. “That dairy company, named Almarai, bought the farm last year and has planted thousands of acres of groundwater-guzzling alfalfa to make that hay. Saudi Arabia can’t…
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“Silvopasture” is the combination of growing trees, forage and livestock together. The USDA National Agroforestry Center has put together a great list of resources online that describe how silvopasture works and what things agricultural producers need to consider if they are thinking about converting. There are also some useful worksheets that help you determine if…
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The Florida climate summary for October 2015 has been published by the Florida Climate Center and is now available at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries/climate-summary-for-florida-october-2015.
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NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information published a new article this week on the historical comparisons between the current strong El Niño and previous ones. You can read it at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-references/dyk/elnino-2015-2016. The article displays the difference between each of the historical El Niño years so you can see the year to year variation in where…
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As the World Series ended last night with the Royals on top, the skies lit up with amateur fireworks across Kansas City. In fact, there was so much smoke and debris they were visible on the NWS radar. You can read about it at Deadspin here. Radar has been known to pick up migrating birds,…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina posted their October 2015 climate summary online this morning. You can find it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=160&h=5666e5c1.
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Dr. Marshall Shepherd of UGA has a new post on his blog at Forbes.com about some unusual facts about rain. Whether it is raining or not at your location, you might enjoy reading it. You can find it at https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2015/11/02/4-odd-facts-about-rain/.