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As the drought increases, the only things left that are green are often weeds. This is a problem in pastures where weeds might be hazardous to livestock. Alabama Extension provides some comments and tips for what to do when the weeds are the only thing growing in your pastures at https://www.aces.edu/blog/topics/farming/managing-weeds-crucial-during-droughts/.
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Southeast Drought Update Webinar Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 1 pm ET/12 pm CT —————————————————————————————————————————————- Drought has developed rapidly in the Southeast. Record-breaking late summer and early fall heat and persistent dryness have led to a sharp increase in drought intensity and coverage across the region. This Drought Update Webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of…
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Fall returned to parts of the Southeast this morning as a wedge of cooler air moved into the region from the northeast along the east side of the Appalachians. But only light rain is expected from this air along with a cold front early next week for many parts of the region. The wettest region…
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After two miserable years in 2017 and 2018 for blueberry producers, with warm weather in the winter reducing chill hours and strong frosts coming just as the blueberry bushes were blooming, this year has been a pleasant surprise for producers. Maria Sellers of UGA provided a look at this year’s crop at https://newswire.caes.uga.edu/story.html?storyid=8139&rss. Most growers…
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The Farm Journal’s Pork Newsletter produced an excellent list of things to do before, during and after a hurricane hits a hog producer’s operations. We still have a couple months of the tropical season to go, so it is not too late to get hit by another tropical storm or hurricane. You can check it…
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The National Drought Mitigation Center has published a new listing of fact sheets that describe a variety of USDA’s drought recovery resources. You can read about it at https://drought.unl.edu/Publications/News.aspx?id=353 or go directly to the brochure at https://drought.unl.edu/archive/documents/NDMC/Flyers/USDA-USDM-2pager.pdf.
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The latest monthly climate summary for Florida for September 2019 is now available. You can read it at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/images/flmonthly2019_09.pdf.
Posted in: Climate summaries