Word: durum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they are ready for change. Most find the welter of farm programs confining and confusing; many would prefer to shuck them altogether. Indeed, some farmers have begun to get out of the farm program voluntarily. Gerald Melvin, a third-generation farmer who works 3,000 acres that produce durum wheat, beans and five other crops, suggests that farmers would gladly accept reduced payments if Washington stopped placing burdensome environmental regulations on farming methods. But, he says, echoing a prevailing view, the trade-off would be worth it. "If Washington is going to get out of our business, it should...
...iron plates from collapsing onto your throat but your own two arms...well, if that doesn't get the ol' fight-or-flight response going, then nothing will." For such hearty individuals, he recommends a diet of "Testosteroni, the Pasta for Men--testis-shaped pasta made from the finest durum wheat seminola and enriched with natural steer androgens...