As mentioned by Paul, huge flap over some RR wheat discovered in a field in eastern Oregon. Monsanto came up with RR wheat about a decade ago, but when Japan and Korea got wind of it, they said if we ever sent them any genetically modified wheat, they would never buy from us again. Since about 90% of the soft white grown around here goes to the far east, everybody lost interest in the project pretty quickly.
Present brouhaha came about when somebody sprayed the volunteer wheat in summer fallow and it wouldn't die. Farmer involved should have done the agronomy version of SSS, and just tilled it out- but called the Extension Agent instead. So now there's a big investigation, Japan has suspended shipments, heads will roll, etc., etc.
Probably was seed taken from the wrong bin, a long time ago- nobody knew, because no one had sprayed their wheat crop with Roundup. And most summer fallow just gets tilled rather than sprayed.
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Today's Featured Article - The Nuts and Bolts of Fasteners - Part 2 - by Curtis Von Fange. In our previous article we discussed capscrews, bolts, and nuts along with their relative hardness and thread sizes. In this segment we will finish up on our fasteners and then work with ways to keep them from loosening up in the field. Capscrews, bolts and nuts are not the only means of holding two parts together. When dealing with thinner metals like sheet tin, a long bolt and
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