Butler's Gold wheat variety celebrates Oklahoma Olympian
July 26, 2024
July 26, 2024
STILLWATER, Oklahoma, July 26 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news:
In 2020, as Oklahoma State University wheat geneticist Brett Carver prepared to release the OSU Wheat Improvement Team's latest variety, he had a creative idea for its official name.
It was the first summer of the pandemic, and the Olympic games in Tokyo had been postponed. When an article in The Oklahoman about James Butler, a former OSU track and field star and 1980 Olympic hope . . .
In 2020, as Oklahoma State University wheat geneticist Brett Carver prepared to release the OSU Wheat Improvement Team's latest variety, he had a creative idea for its official name.
It was the first summer of the pandemic, and the Olympic games in Tokyo had been postponed. When an article in The Oklahoman about James Butler, a former OSU track and field star and 1980 Olympic hope . . .