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The latest Drought Monitor this morning shows decreasing drought in Georgia and Florida but increases in drought and abnormally dry conditions in Alabama and North and South Carolina. You can visit the Drought Monitor at https://www.droughtmonitor.unl.edu/. Predictions for rainfall are below average for the next few weeks so this is likely to expand over time,…
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AgWeb published a story today on the adverse impacts of the forest fires that are raging across the Western US on cattle and ranchers. Much of the land that has burned is leased for grazing, and some ranchers have had significant losses of cattle and hay as well as destruction of barns and equipment. …
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The latest newsletter from the UGA Stripling Irrigation Research Park is now out and contains a variety of information about park activities, links to interesting news stories and photos of recent events. This month’s newsletter also contains a useful article by Dr. Wes Porter on how to know when to stop irrigating different crops based…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has a new blog post on the biggest hurricanes to hit their state. You can find it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=153&h=5666e5c1.
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Much colder than normal minimum temperatures were felt across most of the Southeast on the morning of September 14. This map from the Southeast Regional Climate Center’s Perspectives tool shows the ranking of reporting stations across the area. Several stations reported their all-time lowest temperature for the date, including Macon GA, Charlotte NC, and Jacksonville…
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The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) posted a story today on the minimum extent of Arctic Sea ice this year. Records have been kept since 1981 (based on satellite measurements of ice cover) and show that now that fall is upon us, the ice is starting to expand as the North Pole gets…
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Vox.com had an interesting story online yesterday discussing the boom and bust of agriculture in Saudi Arabia due to their overuse of groundwater. According to the story, in the 1970s, the government allowed farmers to dig as many wells as they wanted to grow crops. Agriculture boomed, and Saudi Arabia for a while became the…