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By Mary Beth Breckenridge
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 11:55 a.m. EST, Nov 09, 2007
Scott McIntyre's show of support for the Ohio State Buckeyes is full of beans.
Literally.
McIntyre, a research associate at OSU's Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster Township, supersized his sentiments this summer by planting 4 acres of soybeans to read ''Ohio State Buckeyes'' with a smiley face. He did it by interspersing yellow-leafed soybeans with the more common green-leafed type in the center's test plots.
McIntyre's handiwork, recognizable only from high above the ground, has since been harvested. But he's still getting recognition via an e-mail that's been circulating among Buckeye fans, apparently prompted by a front-page photo in McIntyre's hometown paper, the Coshocton Tribune.
It's the second year McIntyre has gotten creative with the soybean plots. Last year he used the yellow-leafed plants to write ''Fun with soy.''
''I had no idea it would even work,'' said McIntyre, who plots his designs on an Excel spreadsheet.
It did, and this year his boss gave him the go-ahead to celebrate Ohio State's sports prowess in foliage.
McIntyre said the yellow-leafed soybeans were developed by plant pathologist and Ohioan Randy Raque, who donated the seed to Ohio State.
The university normally uses them to outline tests in its field to make them easily identifiable. ''So I found a better use for them, actually. Or at least a more fun use,'' McIntyre said.
He's tight-lipped about future plans, however.
''You have to wait till next year to find out what we're gonna do,'' he said.
Scott McIntyre's show of support for the Ohio State Buckeyes is full of beans.
Literally.
McIntyre, a research associate at OSU's Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster Township, supersized his sentiments this summer by planting 4 acres of soybeans to read ''Ohio State Buckeyes'' with a smiley face. He did it by interspersing yellow-leafed soybeans with the more common green-leafed type in the center's test plots.
McIntyre's handiwork, recognizable only from high above the ground, has since been harvested. But he's still getting recognition via an e-mail that's been circulating among Buckeye fans, apparently prompted by a front-page photo in McIntyre's hometown paper, the Coshocton Tribune.
It's the second year McIntyre has gotten creative with the soybean plots. Last year he used the yellow-leafed plants to write ''Fun with soy.''
''I had no idea it would even work,'' said McIntyre, who plots his designs on an Excel spreadsheet.
It did, and this year his boss gave him the go-ahead to celebrate Ohio State's sports prowess in foliage.
McIntyre said the yellow-leafed soybeans were developed by plant pathologist and Ohioan Randy Raque, who donated the seed to Ohio State.
The university normally uses them to outline tests in its field to make them easily identifiable. ''So I found a better use for them, actually. Or at least a more fun use,'' McIntyre said.
He's tight-lipped about future plans, however.
''You have to wait till next year to find out what we're gonna do,'' he said.
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