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Tag: Wind
‘It Looks Like a War Zone’: Texas Farmer Describes Wheat Crop Now Ravaged by Sunday’s Derecho and Dust Storm Feb 28, 2023
Scenes across Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas this week strongly resembled the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s. Winds topping 100 mph only added to the scars the two-year drought has […]
Dept. of Interior Scope Out New Solar Locations in the West Amid Off-Shore Wind Lease Auction Dec 7, 2022
The International Energy Agency (IEA) sees an additional 2,400 gigawatts of capacity coming online worldwide over the next half-decade. That forecast is almost 30% higher than last year’s edition of […]
Kentucky Corn: Damage From Recent Heavy Winds and Rain Jul 15, 2015
Heavy rains and winds occurred the July 13 and 14, 2015. Farmers, county agents and students submitted images of the damage that resulted. Each image contains a short caption to […]
Georgia Corn: Some Break Over Near the Alabama Line Apr 30, 2015
We are seeing several cases of some corn plants breaking over, I’ve looked at a couple of fields and had calls about others where this is happening on a small […]
Spray Drift: Checking Wind Speed Isn’t Enough – DTN Mar 25, 2015
Licking your finger and holding it above your head won’t cut it anymore when it comes to checking wind speed before spraying this spring. The stakes for avoiding spray drift […]
