So have you heard the news? It seems that our friends at Ag PhD are going to have a float in the Rose Parade on January 1. Here is an artist’s concept of what it will look like. The theme is "Salute to Farmers" and they plan to have real farmers on it. Not actors from nearby Hollywood. You can find out more information on their website. But it's going to be pretty big, over 100 feet long.
And here's something else. They are asking for farmers to send in seed from their farm to be used to decorate the float! They want to have seed from all 50 states. Yesterday they said that they had seed from all but a few New England states. Anyway, it wouldn't be the same without seed from the NCRS. Well we don't keep any of our harvested corn and beans, but we did have some rye seed that we grew and use for cover crop. So I sent some to the float building place in California last week. Here is what it looks like, so be on the lookout when you watch the parade.
Here is a close-up. See that seed head on the left, kind of leaning over? And that one in the middle about half way down? Well some of the seeds in the bag on the left came from those. As researchers, we keep track of everything.
