Th e Bu l l eTin • Tu es day, Ma r c h 30, 2021 A13 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021 TODAY WEDNESDAY TONIGHT HIGH 58° LOW 29° Sunny and milder SATURDAY 67° 38° Mostly sunny and not as warm but pleasant Plenty of sunshine ALMANAC FRIDAY 66° 33° 74° 39° Clear SUNDAY 64° 28° A couple of showers possible Mostly cloudy and mild OREGON WEATHER Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. yest. TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normal Record 46° 54° 76° in 1918 25° 29° 10° in 1977 High Low THURSDAY PRECIPITATION 24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday 0.02" Record 0.42" in 1943 Month to date (normal) 0.11" (0.69") Year to date (normal) 1.20" (3.31") Barometric pressure at 4 p.m. 30.24" SUN, MOON AND PLANETS Rise/Set Today Wed. Sun 6:50am/7:30pm 6:48am/7:31pm Moon 10:21pm/8:09am 11:41pm/8:40am Mercury 6:24am/5:51pm 6:24am/5:56pm Venus 6:59am/7:32pm 6:58am/7:35pm Mars 9:44am/1:17am 9:42am/1:16am Jupiter 5:08am/3:20pm 5:05am/3:17pm Saturn 4:37am/2:19pm 4:33am/2:15pm Uranus 7:58am/9:58pm 7:55am/9:54pm Last New First Full Apr 4 Apr 11 Apr 19 Apr 26 Tonight's sky: Before midnight, emerging in the eastern horizon, is Spica, of Virgo. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI UV INDEX TODAY 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 3 5 5 3 The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low, 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme. ROAD CONDITONS For web cameras of our passes, go to www.bendbulletin.com/webcams I-84 at Cabbage Hill: Mostly sunny today. Clear and cold tonight. Sunny tomorrow. US 20 at Santiam Pass: Brilliant sunshine today. Clear tonight. Sunny Wednesday. US 26 at Gov't Camp: Clouds and sun today. Clear tonight. Sunny Wednesday. US 26 at Ochoco Divide: Sunny today. Clear tonight. Plenty of sun tomorrow. ORE 58 at Willamette Pass: Plenty of sun today. Clear tonight. Warmer tomorrow with plenty of sunshine. ORE 138 at Diamond Lake: Mostly sunny today. Clear tonight. Plenty of sun tomorrow. SKI REPORT EAST: Sunshine Tuesday; a pleasant afternoon. Fair and chilly Tuesday night. Sunny Wednesday; a warmer afternoon. CENTRAL: Plenty of sun Tuesday. Fair and chilly Tuesday night. Sunny Wednesday with a mild afternoon. Seaside 51/36 Cannon Beach 50/37 Hood River NATIONAL WEATHER 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s NATIONAL EXTREMES YESTERDAY (for the T-storms Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Warm Front Stationary Front Cold Front Source: OnTheSnow.com Hemp Jersey cows at the Ore- gon State University Dairy Farm in Corvallis will be fed hemp bio- mass as part of a research study, and their meat and milk will then be tested for residual can- nabinoids such as CBD or THC. Continued from A11 But therein lies the challenge, Bionaz said — hemp is not cur- rently approved for animal feed by the U.S. Food and Drug Ad- ministration. He hopes their research will generate the data needed for the FDA to take that next step. “The more I study the plant, the more I see data, I get more enthused about it,” Bionaz said. The idea for the study traces back to 2019, when OSU first established the Global Hemp Innovation Center. Jay Noller, the center direc- tor, approached Serkan Ates, an assistant professor specializing in sustainable pasture manage- ment, to discuss whether pro- cessed hemp byproducts could be fed to animals. Ates said he was intrigued, and partnered with Bionaz to examine the product’s nutritional content. What they found was hemp biomass has roughly the same protein content as alfalfa, and roughly the same fiber content as barley. In some attributes, Ates said hemp was nutrition- ally superior to the traditional feeds. “There was this great poten- tial,” Ates said. “Many of the livestock farmers, they are in- terested in some sort of cheaper feed source.” With those traits in mind, the team worked up several propos- als and received more than 10 tons of donated biomass from two Oregon-based extractors. Last year, Ates fed the mate- rial to lambs for two months. Their diets included a mix of 10% and 20% hemp, along with a control group. One question, Ates said, was whether the animals would even eat hemp. Not only did Earplugs Continued from A11 The suit claimed Aearo knew about “dangerous design defects” in 2000. In a 2018 report, the Army concluded that had the govern- ment known about tests Aearo had done in 2000 it may not have purchased Combat Arms earplugs. In the whistleblower settlement, 3M paid a $9.1 Yesterday City Hi/Lo/Prec. 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Spokane Springfi eld, MO Tampa Tucson Tulsa Washington, DC Wichita Yakima Yuma Yesterday Hi/Lo/Prec. 37/23/0.07 77/45/Tr 52/26/0.00 85/55/0.00 57/28/0.00 79/50/0.00 70/39/0.00 80/55/0.00 62/36/0.00 65/26/0.00 68/41/0.00 86/73/0.00 60/27/0.00 73/36/0.00 65/36/0.00 73/58/0.00 55/45/0.04 57/45/0.01 61/51/0.02 77/45/0.00 78/45/0.00 82/70/0.00 96/61/0.00 67/32/0.00 55/45/Tr 89/59/0.00 51/34/0.01 47/39/0.14 51/44/0.25 63/43/0.00 70/41/0.00 55/51/0.00 64/45/0.10 44/34/0.01 75/45/0.00 72/38/0.00 52/45/Tr 75/47/0.00 72/52/0.00 63/48/0.00 66/46/0.00 71/28/0.00 69/54/0.03 51/35/0.00 81/45/0.00 45/27/Tr 72/39/0.00 85/73/0.00 88/54/0.00 76/49/0.00 61/44/0.00 78/48/0.00 53/26/Tr 92/60/0.00 Today Wednesday Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W 40/36/r 40/31/r 56/34/pc 49/25/pc 64/36/pc 44/22/pc 70/49/s 73/52/s 70/51/pc 54/29/r 52/26/pc 51/22/s 65/47/t 54/34/r 82/60/s 87/63/s 75/47/pc 52/32/r 52/26/c 40/19/s 69/48/t 50/34/r 86/77/pc 85/73/pc 59/33/pc 42/24/s 43/24/c 37/21/s 76/54/pc 58/32/r 82/71/t 82/48/t 60/49/s 64/44/r 62/49/s 66/43/r 69/58/s 76/49/t 65/40/pc 59/34/s 51/26/pc 47/23/s 85/68/t 88/67/pc 86/62/s 87/63/s 62/33/pc 46/26/pc 64/50/s 67/43/r 85/57/s 89/63/s 71/52/pc 56/28/r 50/41/s 56/47/pc 56/45/s 62/52/r 72/58/s 73/43/t 41/19/pc 52/26/pc 56/28/s 67/38/s 71/55/s 70/43/r 69/52/s 56/30/r 78/46/s 81/48/s 72/40/pc 53/30/pc 46/29/pc 55/35/s 83/60/pc 65/45/c 68/54/pc 82/57/s 75/53/s 77/54/s 78/49/s 83/53/s 64/23/s 58/28/s 76/66/r 83/55/pc 53/36/pc 59/42/c 43/21/pc 40/19/s 49/29/s 59/39/pc 66/36/pc 51/26/pc 85/73/pc 85/71/pc 86/52/s 87/59/s 68/41/pc 60/33/s 69/55/s 67/44/r 57/36/pc 57/30/s 58/30/s 66/37/s 85/54/s 87/57/s 94/74/0.00 77/56/0.00 37/30/0.09 46/28/0.00 81/59/0.07 84/72/0.00 102/75/0.00 70/55/0.00 52/37/0.08 39/25/0.11 73/41/0.00 91/77/0.00 63/43/0.00 72/48/0.00 88/70/0.03 59/46/0.15 58/46/0.00 75/58/0.36 87/79/0.35 52/39/0.07 73/62/0.05 85/68/0.00 67/49/0.00 70/57/0.00 45/32/0.01 50/32/0.03 64/36/0.00 54/34/0.61 96/66/s 81/56/s 59/45/c 43/39/r 78/61/pc 84/73/s 96/68/pc 72/46/c 57/40/pc 60/47/c 78/46/s 88/74/t 67/46/s 78/50/s 80/63/t 56/36/pc 62/36/pc 64/55/t 90/78/t 54/42/pc 69/61/s 88/71/pc 68/58/pc 69/57/c 63/47/c 48/36/pc 69/44/s 60/45/pc INTERNATIONAL 48 contiguous states) National high: 97° at Ocotillo Wells, CA National low: 6° at Champion, MI Precipitation: 1.00" at Brooksville, FL In inches as of 5 p.m. yesterday Ski resort New snow Base Anthony Lakes Mtn 0 80-80 Hoodoo Ski Area 0 0-98 Mt. Ashland 1 63-77 Mt. Bachelor 2 112-118 Mt. Hood Meadows 0 0-215 Mt. Hood Ski Bowl 3 81-102 Timberline Lodge 3 0-192 Willamette Pass 0 0-45 Aspen / Snowmass, CO 0 55-78 Mammoth Mtn. Ski, CA 0 75-120 Squaw Valley, CA 0 0-122 Park City Mountain, UT 0 56-70 Sun Valley, ID 0 50-75 Cloudy with rain possible NATIONAL Yesterday Today Wednesday Yesterday Today Wednesday Yesterday Today Wednesday City Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/Prec. 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Fair and chilly Ontario Sisters 60/27 Paulina 50/28 55/27 Tuesday night. Sunny Florence Eugene 59/26 Bend Brothers 50/24 Vale Wednesday; warmer. 53/39 57/32 58/29 49/26 Sunriver 56/28 Nyssa 57/27 Hampton Cottage La Pine 56/27 Juntura Oakridge Grove 53/26 49/24 OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay Burns 52/25 59/35 58/33 Fort Rock 54/39 51/20 Riley YESTERDAY Crescent 52/21 50/22 High: 58° 53/25 Bandon Roseburg Christmas Valley Jordan Valley at Brookings Beaver Frenchglen Silver 53/42 62/34 51/21 44/25 Low: 14° Marsh Lake 47/25 Port Orford 54/24 52/22 at Crater Lake Grants Burns Junction Paisley 57/46 Pass 52/23 Chiloquin 52/26 69/35 Rome Medford 57/22 Gold Beach 67/36 53/25 55/46 Klamath Fields Ashland McDermitt Lakeview Falls Brookings 48/25 65/41 58/22 46/22 62/46 53/22 -10s 58° 29° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Astoria 51/35 MONDAY George Plaven/ Capital Press they eat it, but he said the group that was fed 10% hemp ate more than any other group. The lambs have since been slaughtered, and their meat will be lab tested for the presence of residual cannabinoids such as CBD or THC. Those results, Ates said, will be key for future FDA authori- zation of hemp as animal feed. A second trial, this time feed- ing hemp to cows at the OSU Dairy Farm in Corvallis, is set to begin in late April. Similar to the lamb study, the team will feed hemp biomass to cows for two months, and then test for residual cannabinoids in the an- imals’ milk and meat. In announcing the USDA grant for the project, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden said the re- search could potentially be a big win for farmers and ranchers across the country. “This OSU research will help to continue building the case for federal approval of hemp bio- mass on cattle farms, making a natural connection between two signature Oregon products — livestock and hemp,” Wyden said. Jenifer Cruickshank, who works with OSU Extension Ser- vice as the regional dairy faculty for the Willamette Valley, said she is also contacting ranchers and consumers to gauge pub- lic acceptance of consuming products from animals fed with hemp. Cruickshank is working with Juliana Ranches, another exten- sion specialist at OSU’s Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center in Burns, to survey pro- ducers. Their feedback will be included as part of the overall study. When it comes to hemp, Ates said they are only at the begin- ning of what promises to be a vast area of continued research. “It is a super exciting research area for all of us,” he said. “This is a byproduct that has a high potential, but it requires ex- tensive research before it’s ap- proved by the FDA and going into the food chain.” million penalty, but denied all claims and did not admit lia- bility. At the heart of the MDL case is the U.S. Army’s request in 1999 to Aearo to shorten the plugs so they would fit in a standard-issue military carry- ing case. Tests in 2000 at Aearo’s Indi- anapolis laboratory indicated that the shorter earplug didn’t always fit properly 3M claims it told the mil- itary about the fitting issues, and that the military was re- sponsible for informing sol- diers about the earplugs’ proper fit. Plaintiffs claim the earplugs leaked noise, damaging sol- diers’ hearing. 3M said in a statement that the “product was not defectively or negli- gently designed and did not cause injuries.” Suez Canal Continued from A11 Part of the problem was a five-day wait for two large tugboats, according to Peter Berdowski, chief executive officer of Boskalis Westmin- ster, the parent company of the salvage team. “We were enormously helped by the strong tide, the forces of nature that push hard, even harder than the two tugboats can pull,” he told Dutch radio. “The men were euphoric of course. But there was a tense moment when this gi- ant was floating freely. You need to bring it under con- trol quickly with the tugboats before it gets stuck on the other side, we would have gone from bad to worse. Those were a tense 10 min- utes.” The Suez Canal Author- ity said it could take around a week to clear the lineup of ships. On Monday eve- ning, at least three ships were on the move, according to vessel- tracking data. 63/48/0.00 72/43/0.00 72/62/0.96 73/50/0.00 99/82/0.00 66/41/0.00 64/49/0.00 65/47/0.00 63/50/0.10 64/28/0.04 75/63/0.00 86/61/0.00 70/51/0.00 28/12/0.08 88/72/0.00 61/55/0.00 61/55/0.07 66/36/0.00 74/60/0.00 85/74/0.03 55/47/0.02 61/41/0.00 71/53/0.01 78/68/0.00 70/54/0.04 66/50/0.00 73/43/0.00 95/81/0.00 68/45/s 58/49/sh 71/59/sh 89/59/pc 99/83/pc 73/53/pc 65/56/pc 73/44/pc 67/50/t 68/43/pc 71/63/s 84/64/s 70/51/pc 54/32/s 87/77/pc 53/43/c 56/40/sh 76/47/s 77/53/pc 82/73/pc 51/44/pc 57/50/pc 78/57/c 75/67/pc 75/55/pc 70/47/pc 75/49/s 96/80/pc Egyptian authorities were desperate to get traffic flow- ing again through the water- way that’s a conduit for about 12% of world trade and about 1 million barrels of oil a day. This has been the canal’s lon- gest closure since it was shut for eight years following the 1967 Six Day War. Firms were forced to re- route their ships via the southern tip of Africa, which can add two weeks onto a journey between Europe and Asia. At least one ship ap- peared to do a double U-turn on Monday as news of the salvage operation emerged. The long-term impact of the canal’s $10-billion- per-day closure will likely be small given that global merchandise trade amounts to $18 trillion a year. Yet so many ships being thrown off schedule will ensure cargo delays for weeks, if not months. The dozen or so container carriers that con- trol most of the world’s ocean freight are already charging record-high rates on some routes, and shortages of ev- Mecca Mexico City Montreal Moscow Nairobi Nassau New Delhi Osaka Oslo Ottawa Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome Santiago Sao Paulo Sapporo Seoul Shanghai Singapore Stockholm Sydney Taipei City Tel Aviv Tokyo Toronto Vancouver Vienna Warsaw 97/69/s 82/51/s 54/32/c 44/39/r 80/61/pc 84/71/s 92/65/pc 70/45/c 47/31/c 51/27/r 78/47/s 81/73/t 67/47/s 80/51/pc 74/60/t 53/36/s 68/42/pc 62/58/t 89/78/sh 46/35/sh 71/62/s 82/69/pc 66/58/pc 68/56/s 49/28/r 51/42/pc 70/46/pc 69/45/s erything from chemicals and lumber to dockside labor al- ready abound. “The dominoes have been toppled,” Lars Jensen, chief executive of SeaIntelligence Consulting in Copenhagen, wrote on social media over the weekend. “The delays and re-routing which have already happened will cause ripple effects” which will be felt for several months. Companies from Ikea to Caterpillar Inc. flagged po- tential impacts, and tens of thousands of live animals are stuck on ships in the area. Consumer goods, indus- trial inputs and commod- ities from oil to coffee are caught up in the jam, with Asian exporters and Euro- pean importers affected most directly. The blockage held up about $400 million an hour, based on rough calculations from Lloyd’s List that sug- gested westbound traffic to Europe is worth around $5.1 billion a day and eastbound traffic is approximately $4.5 billion.