by external | Jan 22, 2021
Ed Barnes, Agricultural and Environmental Research Division, Cotton Incorporated – Seed coat fragments (SCFs) have been a long-term issue for cotton. Outbreaks of SCFs occur sporadically every 3 to 5 years in a region of the U.S. In 2020 the region included...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 8, 2021
Rainfall 2020 was a year most people are happy to move on from for many reasons, but for much of the Panhandle weather was a major negative factor. The primary concern was heavy rainfall late in the growing season from Hurricanes and Tropical Storms, on top of an...
by Doug Mayo | Dec 11, 2020
Rainfall After several months of above average rainfall, La Niña kicked in, so November was a much drier month across the Panhandle. You can see in the map to the left, which shows November 2020 rainfall estimates, that the Panhandle ranged from 1-5″ in...
by Doug Mayo | Nov 6, 2020
Rainfall Historically, October is the driest month of the year in the Panhandle. After an extremely wet September, October was a welcome change for crop and hay producers trying to finish the harvest season. In the graphic above, the map to the left shows estimated...
by external | Oct 16, 2020
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Friday, October 30, 2020, as the deadline to submit applications for the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program – Plus (WHIP+) for 2018 and 2019 losses. USDA did not originally specify a deadline when the program...
by external | Oct 9, 2020
Pam Knox, Director of the UGA Weather Network and Agricultural Climatologist The latest La Niña advisory was released today by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center (CPC). It shows that a strong La Nina signal is in place in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and...
