#triticale

[andritambunan]

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Tricolored Blackbirds Once Faced Extinction—Here’s What’s Behind Their Exciting Comeback

For a decade Audubon California and partners have worked with farmers to delay harvests where the birds nest, solving what was once the biggest threat to the species.

Not long ago, dairy producers routinely motored their harvesters through fields where the blackbirds were nesting, sometimes killing thousands of flightless chicks in minutes. This carnage threatened the survival of the species, whose numbers, historically 2 million to 3 million, plunged through the 20th century, bottoming out at an estimated 145,000 in 2014.

Now a decade old, the initiative—which has received additional funding from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife—has probably prevented the deaths of at least half a million chicks. Last spring the buyout program protected an estimated 235,000 adults in San Joaquin Valley fields alone. This year’s preliminary tally sits at around 200,000 nesting adults. (Alastair Bland).

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Tricolored Blackbirds Once Faced Extinction—Here's What's Behind Their Exciting Comeback

For a decade Audubon California and partners have worked with farmers to delay harvests where the birds nest, solving what was once the bigg

[bucketofcarbs]

Squash and Gourds vs. Cereals

Squash and Gourds

Cereals

Voting ended onOct 29, 2023

(Note, Cereals in this case does NOT include cereals that attained their own category: Oats, Rice, and Corn/Maize)

[whiskyaesthetic]

Cigar Night at @branchpointwhiskey! . . . #oregonwhiskey #potstill #triticale #wheatwhiskey #singlebarrel #walnutcityoldfashioned #cigarnight #sociallydistantdrinking #aquavitae #uiscebeatha #uisgebeatha #whiskyaesthetic #womenwhowhiskey (at Branch Point Distillery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDp5oGand19/?igshid=rtyzagzncvld

[coffee-and-kalashnikovs]

Throwback to the Snowpocalypse essentials

[jenelizhomebrews]

Triticale Lager

Hey!  I haven’t been around in a while but just started a new series of brews that highlight different ingredients!  First up, triticale! 

For those of you that are not familiar with triticale, it is a versitile cereal that is a cross between wheat and rye.  It takes on both characteristics that wheat and rye provide including the spiciness of rye as well as the nuttiness of wheat.  In this particular application, I used malted triticale from MJW Grain Inc (https://www.mjwgraininc.com/)  from Ritzville, WA!  

The idea was simple: brew a beer that highlights the triticale malt as a base malt in this SMASH-ish brew.  The recipe comes out as 90% triticale and 10% oats for body and head retention.  I know, you’re thinking holy stuck sparge - but I actually mashed in at 120F for a beta glucan rest and slowly rose the mash temp up until it was steady around 160F and let it rest.  We pulled out a very steady voralouf for about 15 mins and continued on to the transfer.  Zero stickiness whatsoever!  

With an OG of 1.061, the initial runnings were surprisingly sweet!  One of the people brewing with us said it tasted of brown sugar on oatmeal.  It was indeed quite sweet and lacked the bitterness that wort typically has.  In fact, I’d say that was maybe the best tasting wort I’ve ever had.  That being said, it was super murky and seemed on the thicker side.  We feremented it out with Bohemian lager yeast around 47F.  After a week, the color lightened up much to my delight and the fermentation was incredibly active, especially for a lager.  We threw it in the lager chamber at 31F and let it go for the month!  After a month, we transferred it over to a keg, carbed that puppy and sipped!  

At Lowercase Brewing, the brewery my roommate and I work for, we brewed up a roggenbier, a typical German rye style.  That is the closest thing I would say it tasted like - a rye lager.  It was definitely super rye on the flavor - a light spice but very malt-forward.  You could tell that the wheat-side of the triticale rounded this spicy maltiness with a lovely back end that brought in some sweetness.  The aromatics were pretty sweet as well, if not fairly light.  We only used Hallerteau Blanc for bittering in the brew so not very much hoppiness was involved.  That also being said, the bitter was pretty nicely subdued.  

The body wasn’t crazy heavy but a nice light pillow with a dry crispiness that finished out the sip.  The head was a perfectly placed pillow cloud, resting calmly above the golden brew leaving a delicate lace behind.  

Overall, I encourage using this blend as a nice, rye forward base malt!  Do be aware that it does come through pretty cloudy as is to be expected with any wheat variety.  I would love to see this in something like a festbier, Roggenbier alternative, or even a bock of some kind!  Next time, I’m thinking an IPA would play well with the spice or creating a winter warmer that is lighter in color would be something interesting, as well!  

I’d love to hear your thoughts!  Have you used Triticale before? What would you use this grain in?  

Feel free to contact me with questions - [email protected]

Cheers!

[oaresearchpaper]

In order to evaluate the effects of some cover crops on weed populations and biomass during sunflower growth, an experiment was done in 2012 at the research field of Tabriz University, Iran. The experimental design was a randomized complete block with nine treatments in three replications. Treatments included triticale, hairy vetch, rapeseed, triticale + hairy vetch, triticale + rapeseed, hairy vetch + rapeseed, application of trifluralin herbicide, and controls (weed infested and weed free without planting cover crop). Results indicated that total weed density was reduced 44.92% in triticale + rapeseed treatment, but application of trifluralin caused 64.24% reduction in total weed density in comparison with weed infested. However, in triticale + rapeseed treatment, total weed dry biomass was reduced 72.12% compared with weed infested, so that this treatment was better than application of trifluralin. The use of cover crops as a strategy to reduce the damage of weeds and application of herbicide can be helpful.

[healthylifeweb]

Triticale Nutritional Value and Health Benefits - Healthy Life Web

One of the most interesting developments that came in the late 19th century was Triticale. It is a grain that is made after

[montrosebiology]

Triticale is a cross between wheat and rye. Instead of getting half its genes from each parent(female wheat and male rye), triticale gets all the genes of both parents, giving it double the normal amount of chromosomes. These multiple copies of chromosomes are fairly common in the plant world though, where plants like strawberries have up to 8 copies of the same chromosomes. Triticale was developed because it has the yield potential and grain quality of wheat with the disease resistance and soil adaptability of rye. It’s mostly used to feed livestock, but can sometimes be found in products for humans. It has more protein than wheat, and could be safely consumed, but there is currently no large scale infrastructure in place to process it for mass consumption. 🌾🍽🤔 #biology #nature #triticale #genetics #plants (at Willamette Valley) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1CNh2sFf0f/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=