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Dear wine grape and muscadine industry colleagues: I am hoping harvest has been over long enough now to ask y’all for a favor… and, in return, you will receive a tool that will be helpful and evolve over time. A team of wine grape and muscadine extension specialists from southeastern US universities received a grant…
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We are involved with a group of scientists who are reviewing several aspects of grape disease management, especially powdery mildew management (the FRAME Network). If you have time, the FRAME Network wants to hear how you approach disease management decisions. If you are a grape grower, or a consultant for grape production, please take the…
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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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The latest precipitation outlook shows little chance of rain in Georgia before Sunday night. A cold front moving through on Monday could kick off some showers with more rain coming through with the front Monday into Tuesday. Temperatures should be cooler for a few days before above-normal temperatures return. By mid-month we could start to…
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If you are interested in hearing the latest on the current Southeast flash drought, please join us on Tuesday October 1 at 1 pm EDT for an update. It will focus on the ACF basin but will include information for the entire Southeast. Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Drought Assessment Webinar Tuesday, October 1, 2019 – 1:00…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows another very dry week, which continues the streak of dry conditions along with well above normal temperatures. Almost no rain is expected to fall, although there may be some scattered showers in some places and at some times to give some temporary relief. By next weekend, a change in…
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The latest medium and long-range forecasts for the weather over the Southeast show that much hotter than normal weather and a near-total lack of rain are likely for most of the next month, particularly if you are away from the coast. Now, it won’t be continuously very hot and dry–we do expect at least some…
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The following message is from Brooke Warres, a graduate student in the University of Georgia Plant Pathology Department. “Now that we are at harvest and spray programs may be halted or reduced, powdery mildew will likely be popping up. As mentioned previously, we are conducting a survey of fungicide resistance in powdery mildew. We are…
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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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