Why, cointainly. Nyuk, nyuk.

Yes, yes they are.

Would you like a package? I do not consider New York a third world country, so that makes you eligible.

There was also a package form Craft waiting for me at the bike shop. Each item was made entirely with synthetic materials. No hemp, bts, or butterflies.

Excellent! :)

You are to be commended for your environmental responsibility.

I was going to post a photo in the Autumn Photo thread. However, I concluded that barren corn and soybean fields would not garner much interest.

...I don't know. It might have something to do with your failure to read and comprehend them. Like I said, I'm done. Next month, we can hit the high points on "low till" herbicide resistant GMO soybeans, and how they are saving the world. :)

Mrs. Herbie errantly purchased "organic" milk. It costs almost 2x regular milk costs. I am afraid it might kill me or be full of bugs...

and isn't all milk organic?

...corn rootworms are beetles, actually. The nematode resistance thing just is another added bonus of careful and principled science. Cutting edge really.

Interesting item to note. Look at the use by date on the carton of organic milk. You should notice that it is much further out than non-organic milk.

We buy raw milk from a local farm. It costs about the same as milk at the grocery store. Tastes better.

Possibly because it is ultra-pasteurized instead of just pasteurized. Many specialty dairy products are treated that way for longer shelf life: whipping cream for example. It's hard to imagine it has anything to do with any aspect of the husbandry of the animals.

I thought he was referring to corn borers? Two very different things.

BTW, today was "national chocolate day" and I didn't have any. Oh wait, I did have an eclair this morning, guess that will count. I rarely eat donuts, but just couldn't resist.

I had a chocolate half moon cookie for my post-test treat.

NOW you tell us. I'm not eating any chocolate before bedtime. I have to get up early tomorrow, eagle day #1 for the season.

Oh wait, I just had a piece of chocolate pudding cake. But cake doesn't hit you like candy.

We need the rain. And we're getting it.

...he was, I wasn't. From my POV, I was talking about three very different Bt corn approaches to different insct populations. The initial varieties, targeting European corn borers, worked pretty well, and when the restrictions on planting percentages were followed, minimized resistance. The corn rootworm stuff came a decade later, and because of already quoted events, has resulted in resistant populations of the beetles in about ten years.

The nematode targeting stuff is still in the research stages. It will work less well because of all the Bt resistant populations we've already fostered in places where corn is grown intensively.

I'm not worried, though. The laboratory boys have it well in hand. :)

...we got stiffed again here. :( just enough rain to make the car dirty.

I never put much thought into why that is. I just found it interesting.

Beetles are generally smarter than they are given credit for.

...they certainly took over the pop music scene here in the 60's.

Cute. Silly, but cute. You're all over the place on this thing, and I still can't find where nematodes are harmed, were ever supposed to be harmed, or are less likely to be harmed now by the Bt crops. Can you say red herring?

after quite a moist commute home from work i built up the front wheel for the john deere bridgestone

dyno hubs feel really weird when you spin them.

Fair enough.