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NC Extremes: Spring Freezes Prove Costly for Agriculture

This post is part of our year-long series about North Carolina’s weather extremes. May is generally associated with warming temperatures, springtime thunderstorms, and rain showers...

NC’s First Frost and Freeze Climatology

The onset of fall means the end of the growing season as we see harsher conditions such as frosts and freezes. But what are these...

Lay of the Land: The Current State of Weather and Ag

This guest post by Dr. Mike Yoder with NC State University’s Department of Animal Sciences looks at the impacts of weather and climate on agriculture....

Four Weather Factors for Plant Growth

This guest post by Dr. Mike Yoder with NC State University’s Department of Animal Sciences looks at the impacts of weather and climate on agriculture....

Summer Projects: Leaf Wetness and its Effects

This post is part of a series highlighting the summer projects from our office’s undergraduate research assistants. The third part of this series is by...