{"id":4661,"date":"2015-10-07T21:49:12","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T01:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=4661"},"modified":"2015-10-07T22:03:39","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T02:03:39","slug":"more-agricultural-impacts-from-the-recent-rains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2015\/10\/more-agricultural-impacts-from-the-recent-rains\/","title":{"rendered":"More agricultural impacts from the recent rains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Impacts of the recent\u00a0rain in South Carolina and surrounding areas on agriculture are\u00a0continuing to come in.\u00a0 The <em>Southeast Farm Press<\/em> ran an <a href=\"https:\/\/southeastfarmpress.com\/cotton\/first-look-south-carolina-crops-heavily-damaged-historic-rains?NL=SEFP-01&amp;Issue=SEFP-01_20151006_SEFP-01_628&amp;sfvc4enews=42&amp;cl=article_1_b&amp;utm_rid=CPG02000001384126&amp;utm_campaign=6336&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;elq2=4e61fe211c5945d48303a62123fa713a\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> this morning describing the &#8220;one-two&#8221; punch of a summer drought (which reduced yields by 50%) and the floods, which dropped the expected yields for many crops down to 30% of last year&#8217;s harvest.\u00a0 The quality and quantity of cotton and peanuts is expected to drop due to the wet conditions.\u00a0 Wet soils are also expected to significantly delay harvest in some areas.<\/p>\n<p>Rome Ethredge of <em>Seminole Crop E News<\/em> posted a link to an <a href=\"https:\/\/seminolecropnews.wordpress.com\/2015\/10\/07\/south-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> from\u00a0former Decatur County SC extension agent \u00a0Justin Ballew\u00a0on what they are experiencing in the Pee Dee region, which did not experience the worst of the flooding but did go through 12 straight days of rain leading up to the flood event.\u00a0 He also showed a photo of some grain sorghum which had sprouted.<\/p>\n<p>Nick McGhee in the <em>Nochaway Ag Update<\/em> posted\u00a0a photo of cotton seed sprouting in bolls due to the wet and cloudy weather in that part of Georgia as well as a link to an article from Dr. Guy Collins, Extension Cotton Agronomist from NC State University, on the phenomenon <a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/nochaway\/2015\/10\/cotton-seed-sprouting\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 This was also discussed in an article today describing fields in North Carolina along with some methods to deal with it\u00a0in Southeast Farm Press <a href=\"https:\/\/southeastfarmpress.com\/cotton\/check-wet-cotton-fields-seed-sprouting?NL=SEFP-01&amp;Issue=SEFP-01_20151007_SEFP-01_873&amp;sfvc4enews=42&amp;cl=article_2_b&amp;utm_rid=CPG02000001384126&amp;utm_campaign=6349&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;elq2=4e8e086f02814055a23205318e97900f\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4662\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4662\" style=\"width: 272px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/10\/cotton-seed-sprouting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4662\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/10\/cotton-seed-sprouting-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Source: Nick McGhee from a local crop consultant.\" width=\"272\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/10\/cotton-seed-sprouting-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/10\/cotton-seed-sprouting.jpg 576w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/10\/cotton-seed-sprouting-78x138.jpg 78w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Nick McGhee from a local crop consultant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Impacts of the recent\u00a0rain in South Carolina and surrounding areas on agriculture are\u00a0continuing to come in.\u00a0 The Southeast Farm Press ran an article this morning describing the &#8220;one-two&#8221; 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