Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Local barley crops see rise over past four years
Ergot sclerotia, found in local barley crops in the Big Horn Basin, and the subject of a special meeting held Friday with producers and state officials.
WORLAND – It starts as a microscopic spore, carried by wind and water, until it finds a host to germinate. In early Europe, where poor populations were restricted to diets of cheap rye, it caused loss of limbs, insanity, and hallucinations. Early art depicts amputees begging the streets, garnering the nickname "Ergots." Once spread to America, ergot disease resulted in convictions of the affected...
