Gary Hawkins
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The use of cover crops in agriculture is the base in conservation tillage or conservation production systems. The use of cover crops has many different benefits ranging from aiding in increased infiltration, suppressing weeds, building soil health and reducing erosion. In the “Weekly Roundup” of the Forester Newsletter there was an article dealing with cover crops…
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Camden County has an Award Winning Program which is helping keep Coastal Georgia Clean.
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Well how much does that gallon of water weigh? Depending on the temperature (another fun fact to think about later) water weighs close to 8.32 pounds per gallon. To be specific, at 77 degrees F, water weights 8.32 pounds per gallon and gets lighter as the temperature increases. This is according to standard Density of…
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Susan Varlamoff highlights in a recent article in the Environmental News Blog post work being done with Variable Rate Irrigation (VRI) in Georgia. To read her full story see the Environmental News Blog site. In the article, there is also a YouTube video produced by the Flint River SWCD about how VRI is used.
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Water issues have 3 of the top 10 issues established by the California Fresh Fruit Association for 2016.
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As a fun fact of the week I have a question: What is the Average Annual Rainfall for Georgia? The Answer: We get on average 50-52 inches of rain annually.
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In Pam Knox’s latest post on the Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast blog, she references an article written in the New Republic on where will we grow food outside California.
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This week I was reading a book on Soil Physics and found a fun fact. A single water molecule has a radius of 1.38 Angstrom at the center. The oxygen and hydrogen in the water molecule are about 0.97 Angstroms and the hydrogens are about 1.54 Angstroms apart. An Angstrom is equal to 10^-15…
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Using a rainfall simulator helps visually see how water management helps increase infiltration and reduces runoff.
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This week on the USDA Blog site, there is an article looking at Conservation Tillage and how using cover builds the soil. it further states that the organic matter from the decaying plants is the first thing to wash away. Read the USDA Blog here: Also, to learn more about Conservation tillage see the UGA…
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