Pam Knox
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Unless you live in southern Florida, you are unlikely to see any rain at all for at least the next week according to the latest 7-day QPF map. This is bad, because coupled with the well-above-normal temperatures, moisture stress is going to cause problems for ripening crops and will make it hard to start fall…
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Now that it is fall, livestock producers are starting to think about how to feed their cattle over the winter. If you use warm-season forages, then you have to feed hay or grain to your cattle over the winter months. Adding cool-season annual forages to the mix can cut costs and keep your cattle healthy.…
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Growing Produce has a nice summary article this week on how weather conditions like hot temperatures, high humidity and wind affect the development and movement of insect pests that affect vegetable crops. While this article is written for the southwestern US, many of the same characteristics affect pests here in the Southeast. You can read…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that abnormally dry conditions and moderate drought expanded across the region this week. This was expected with little rain and above-normal temperatures that are still in the mid- to upper 90s in many areas. Unfortunately, the next seven days should see almost no rain in the region…
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The National Weather Service Southeast River Forecast Center has released their latest Water Resources Outlook video on YouTube today. Learn more about current conditions and the outlook for the next few months. You can view it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwq70oL17b0&feature=youtu.be.
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In our Drought Monitor Forum this week, we are being reminded of the variety of tools that are available to help monitor drought conditions across your region. You can find a list of many of these tools, including the Historical Drought Atlas, soil moisture maps, and vegetation drought response index, on the Drought Monitor site…
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NOAA released their latest global climate summary earlier this week. It shows that the earth as a whole tied for its second warmest August ever, after the record warm year in 2016. The summer June through August period was also the second warmest after 2016, and the year to date was the third warmest on…
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