Tag: weather
How to prepare fields for unusual rainfall
With perception rates fluctuating wildly across a wide range, farmers need to rethink how they prepare their soil to manage rainfall.
You can help farmers pounded by Hurricane Harvey
If you want to help Texas farmers and ranchers, FFA chapters or 4-H clubs affected by Hurricane Harvey, here's how you can make a donation.
Climate change or weather extreme?
The USDA would like some staff members to refer to "climate change" as "weather extremes" and "climate change adaption" as "resilience to weather extremes."
Use less energy to stay cool
Finding ways to keep cool without spending a fortune or using a lot of energy is challenging but possible.
Crops improve, but prices drop
Needed rain has helped the crop condition, but the markets are going the other direction.
Conflicting weather brings price swings
Weather markets this time of year can turn on a dime. The wet weather a couple of weeks ago helped prices, as it limited the acres.
This January wasn’t even fit to spread manure, or much else
It was the first January in memory that delivered more rainfall than sleet, ice and snow combined.
2017 US spring weather forecast: Winter will linger
AccuWeather forecasters are predicting winter weather will linger into spring across much of the United States.
GOES-16 offers Earth’s first light in true color
Taken from more than 22,000 miles away, GOES-16 offers rapid and striking imagery of the planet and its weather, giving researchers an unprecedented look for weather forecast applications.
2016 was warmest year on record
According to NOAA and NASA data, 2016 was the third year in a row to set a new record for global average surface temperatures.
