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The early summer following an El Niño winter climate pattern – like we had this past winter -- is typically warmer and drier than normal. With the warmer temperatures and drier-than-normal conditions, soil moisture will quickly decrease over the next two months. CAES News
Hot, hot and more hot. 08/04/11 Pam Knox
Though there are still areas of exceptional drought, scattered showers in July reduced drought in south Georgia. But dry conditions increased in north Georgia. Hot temperatures plagued the whole state.
CAES News
SE Bioenergy Conference 07/28/11 Brad Haire
“Energizing the Southeast” will be the theme of the 6th annual Southeast Bioenergy Conference Aug. 9-11, 2011 at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus Conference Center in Tifton, Ga.
CAES News
June was the warmest ever in Columbus in 64 years of record. 07/14/11 Pam Knox
Very hot daytime temperatures and lack of rainfall led to strengthened drought across Georgia in June. Temperatures were at or near record levels for the month across the state.
Paterson receives award CAES News
Paterson honored 07/14/11 Sharon Dowdy
University of Georgia Distinguished Research Professor Andrew Paterson has been awarded the 2011 Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation Agriscience Award.
J. Scott Angle, dean and director, UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. CAES News
Georgia drought deepens 07/13/11 J. Scott Angle
After breathing a sigh of relief for the past few years, many Georgians are once again facing extreme drought conditions, which threaten to intensify during the summer.
Lake sampling at Rock Eagle Lake CAES News
Lake ecology session 07/05/11 Sharon Dowdy
Rock Eagle 4-H Center will hold a Saturday session titled Explore Rock Eagle Lake on July 16 from 9:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. At this session, participants will use dip nets to collect and identify common organisms found in Rock Eagle Lake.
Green pecans grow on a tree in South Georgia. CAES News
Dry orchards 06/30/11 Brad Haire
Drought continues to suppress Georgia agriculture, particularly in southwest Georgia, the hub of the state’s pecan production. It could turn what was expected to be an “on” year into an “off” one for pecan growers.
CAES News
Exceptional drought 06/22/11 David E. Stooksbury, Ph.D.
Drought conditions continue to intensify across most of Georgia. Since the end of May, conditions in the southern two-thirds of the state have deteriorated from extreme to exceptional drought, the highest drought category. Portions of northwest Georgia have now entered moderate drought conditions.
Mitchell County farmer Kyle Pollock, left, and Mitchell County UGA Cooperative Extension agent Rad Yager, right, look over one of Pollock's cotton fields wiped out by the extreme drought that has covered the area for more than two months. CAES News
No rain 06/16/11 Brad Haire
The cotton seedling tried. But after sending its root more than five inches deep into the parched dirt, searching for moisture, it gave up and died.
Beef cattle graze on a pasture on the Georgia Mountain Research and Education Center in Blairsville, Ga. CAES News
Advice for Georgia cattle producers 06/13/11 Brad Haire
Georgia is locked in the grip of a severe drought. Most of the state’s pasture and hayfields are in poor to very poor conditions. Many livestock producers are struggling to feed their herds. In Tifton, Ga., June 20, University of Georgia specialists will discuss ways cattlemen can deal with drought.