A perennial rice has been created

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsa...ate-friendly-perennial-rice-transform-farming

 

That'll save a hell of a lot of work

 

Yeah I was impressed. Its amazing how much work goes into all the food chain. Imagine not having to plant.

 

Seems like a great thing.

There are efforts at perennial wheat.

https://landinstitute.org/our-work/perennial-crops/perennial-wheat/

Perennial corn (maize) seems further away, but possible.

https://apnews.com/article/380fd5e0a22e2ac50ff281f6b08ecd29

 

This is a really exciting read DirtMechanic. Thanks for sharing this.

It's amazing that the scientists have worked for two decades to get the perennial rice. Persistence paid off!

 

If wordle is could be used to name it I suggest RICEP (P for perennial). Todays word was (spoiler alert!) BRAVE. Only took me 6 tries.

 

I went BEAST BRAKE BRACE BRAVE Yesterday's was harder for me, but I forget what it was.