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Sep 22, 2021 · Many crops, particularly fruits and vegetables, are very sensitive to temperature and yields are generally expected to decline due to warming temperatures across Georgia [3]. For example, peach trees and blueberry bushes are dependent on cool winters to produce fruit.
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The Georgia Climate Project is a multi-year effort to...
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the agricultural economy to Georgia. In 2020, food and fiber production and related industries represented $69.4 billion in output to Georgia’s $1.1 trillion economy and more than 352,430 jobs in the economy. Ag Snapshots 2022 A brief focus on Georgia’s agricultural industry Author: Sharon P. Kane, Senior Public Service Associate, Economist
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Climate change is not a new topic, but it remains a complicated one. Pam Knox is a researcher at the University of Georgialooking at the effects of climate change on agriculture in Northeast Georgia. It’s not widely known that the effects of climate change vary greatly by geographic region. This means that farmers like Chris and Rhonda will experie...
Chris is the only farmer caring for the plants at Rhonda’s Blueberries with Rhonda taking care of management and various other tasks. When problems arise, whether due to climate change or not, he has to adjust and bring creative solutions to the table, especially since all of his blueberries are certified organically grown with no herbicides or pes...
Blueberries are one of the most vulnerable crops to weather in Northeast Georgia; they have to have enough hours of cold weather in the winter to produce good blooms in the warm weather. After they’ve bloomed, however, they are extremely vulnerable to cold-weather events and frosts. When warmer weather begins earlier in the spring, the possibility ...
Nov 20, 2023 · “Increased drought due to climate change threatens Georgia’s economy, in particular its agricultural production. Caption In 2023 Georgia has experienced 12 billion-dollar disaster events.
Jan 17, 2024 · Pam Knox. January 17, 2024. Even though Georgia is known as the Peach State, there are many other fruit crops that are important agricultural products for the state. Blueberries is the biggest contributor to the state’s agricultural production, but other crops are also starting to gain traction in the state, too.
Climate change in Georgia encompasses the effects of climate change, attributed to man-made increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, in the U.S. state of Georgia .
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Georgia produced the third-highest number of peaches of any state and had nearly 12,000 acres of peach orchards in 2017.
