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With March approaching, plantingseason is growing nearer every dayand soil conservation is taking the leadfor crop farmers.

Soil erosion is a major environmentalconcern in relation to soil conservation,and plays a detrimental role in farmingif not handled correctly. According tothe USDA’s Natural Resource Conser-vation Service’s webpage, “soil erosionis a natural process that occurs whenthe actions of water and/or wind causetopsoil to be removed and carried else-where.” This becomes a serious prob-lem for farmland and for water qualityconcerns. Page 5 >>>

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Story by Ashton ClarkStaff Writer

Fallacies have surrounded the swine industry for severalyears due to a decline in production, but the time has come tolearn the truth of the ever important industry.

A modern trend in the U.S. swine industry has been therapid shift to fewer and larger operations, associated with tech-nological change and evolving industry structure. Accordingto the USDA’s website, “the United States is the world’s thirdlargest producer and consumer of pork and pork products. Itis also the world’s largest exporter of pork and pork products,with exports averaging over 20 percent of commercial porkproduction in most years. U.S. hog operations today tend to beheavily concentrated in the Midwest and in eastern North Car-olina.”

Due to the decline in the swine industry, the National PorkBoard set out to create awareness, and promote the importanceof swine through the Pork Checkoff Program. The PorkCheckoff Program sets out to unite pork producers with stake-holders focused on building a bright future for the pork in-dustry through research, promotion and education. To do this,the program collects its funds from U.S. pork producers andimporters who pay 40 cents per $100 of value when pigs aresold and when pigs or pork products are brought into theUnited States.

The National Pork Board attempts to create awarenessthrough the Pork Checkoff Program with the knowledge thatswine production is a significant component of agriculture andan essential part of the everyday diet. Pork is the product ofswine production, and is a food seen in almost every house-hold. Pork is the most widely consumed meat in the world —people consume various pork products, such as bacon,sausage, pork chops and ham.

Meat is not the only reason swine are important, however.Several valuable prod-ucts or byproducts comefrom hogs. These in-clude insulin for the reg-ulation of diabetes,valves for human heartsurgery, suede for shoesand clothing, and gelatinfor many food and non-food uses. Swinebyproducts are also im-portant parts of water fil-ters, insulation, rubber,antifreeze, certain plas-tics, floor waxes,crayons, chalk, adhe-sives and fertilizer.

The swine industry,as any other industry, isa supply and demand

system. Unfortunately, the supply of pork is not nearly as highas the demand, with fewer than 69,100 farms producing porkin the U.S. Operations with 2,000 or more head accounted for87 percent of the inventory,according to a USDA an-nual report on Farms, Landin Farms and Livestock Op-erations. A hog and pig op-eration is defined as anyplace having one or morehog or pig on hand by Dec.31. “Those operations with2,000 or more swine totaled8,800. Operations with1,000 to 1,999 animals to-taled 3,400,” according tothe USDA website. Thesenumbers reflect the priorityof creating awareness, andexpanding swine productionas an essential componentfor success in the industry.

As far as the market isconcerned, the USDA Eco-nomic Research Servicefound that “the all itemsConsumer Price Index(CPI), a measure of econ-omy-wide inflation, fell 0.6percent from November toDecember and is 0.8 percent above the December 2013 level.The CPI for all food increased 0.3 percent from November toDecember and is now 3.4 percent above the December 2013level.” ERS also predicts that in 2015 “supermarket (food-at-home) prices will see normal to slightly lower than averagefood price inflation, increasing 2.0 to 3.0 percent. Meat priceswill likely continue to experience the effects of the Texas/Ok-lahoma drought and Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus(PEDv)....”

On a smaller scale, pork prices fell again in December, de-creasing 1.7 percent from the previous month. However, porkprices are now up 8.2 percent from last year. Retail pork in-flation is largely due to the effects of PEDv, which has reducedthe fall number of hogs ready for production. However, ac-cording to the USDA, “ there are some signs of industry ex-pansion as the effects of PEDv have been subsiding.” Hogprices in 2015 are expected to fall 17.8 percent below 2014figures. ERS predicts pork prices to rise 2.0 to 3.0 percent in2015.

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Several valuable products or byprod-ucts come from hogs.These include insulinfor the regulation ofdiabetes, valves forhuman heart surgery,suede for shoes andclothing, and gelatinfor many food andnonfood uses.

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fertile topsoil is lost,nutrients and or-ganic matter needed by crops oftenare removed along with it. Erosiontends to remove the less dense soilconstituents such as organic matter,clays, and silts, which are often themost fertile part of the soil.”

Potential for soil erosion increasesif the soil has no or very little vegeta-tive cover such as cover crops. Covercrops protect the soil from water im-pact due to rain. They tend to slowdown the movement of runoff waterand allow excess surface water topenetrate soil. The effectiveness of acover crop depends on the type,amount of coverage and protectionavailability.

Crops that completely cover thesoil and impede on rainfall close tothe surface are the most efficient incontrolling soil erosion. The successof a cover crop also depends on howmuch protection is available at vari-ous periods during the year, relativeto the amount of erosive rainfall thatoccurs during these periods. Cropsthat provide a full protective cover fora major portion of the year, such asalfalfa or wheat, can reduce erosionmuch more than crops that leave thesoil bare for a longer period of time.

Terracing is another popular

method used in agriculture to avoidsoil erosion. This method is often re-ferred to as contouring and is thebuilding of a structure which consistsof ridges and channels constructedacross a slope.

There are several different meth-ods to terracing, with the most popu-lar being parallel terracing. Terracesreduce both the amount and velocityof water moving across the soil sur-face, which greatly reduces soil ero-sion. Although the method providesextensive protection from water dam-age, it does not fully protect fromwind erosion.

Loss in productivity caused byerosion has not been so evident inmany parts of the United States in re-cent years due to improved crop vari-eties and increased fertilization.Awareness, and influence has beenanother factor in the reduction of ero-sion, as several agencies were cre-ated in attempt to resolve theproblem. The Environmental Protec-tion Agency, Natural Resource Con-servation Service, MissouriDepartment of Conservation, and De-partment of Natural Resources are afew examples of the organizationswhich work toward creating a healthyand sustainable environment.

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COLUMBIA — Missourisorghum growers may find whitesugarcane aphids gumming up har-vest equipment and reducing yieldsthis fall, says University of Mis-souri Extension entomologistWayne Bailey.

The bugs are moving north-ward from southern states. Theywere found in Louisiana, Texas,Oklahoma, Mississippi andArkansas last year.

Discolored leaves and stickyplants are telltale signs of infesta-tion. The tiny bugs are difficult tosee. Their bites tear leaves anddamage plant cells. They suckjuices through their straw-likepiercing mouths and excrete a sug-ary, sticky liquid waste called hon-eydew that clogs up combines.

Without chemical applications,the bugs multiply quickly. Baileysays a 40 percent economic thresh-

old suggests spraying with pesti-cides.

The bugs may have changedtheir host species from sugarcaneto grain and forage sorghums, in-cluding most sorghum-Sudan grasscrosses, which are genetically sim-ilar. They also damage Johnsongrass and dallisgrass. Last yearTexas A&M Extension reportedthe bugs reduced yields by up to 50percent in infested sorghum fields.

They are gray to tan or lightyellow and have dark feet. At therear they have dark structurescalled cornicles that look liketailpipes. Under ideal conditions,populations of the sugarcane aphiddouble every five to seven days.

These tiny bugs cause big prob-lems, Bailey said.

For more information from MUabout pest management, go tohttp://ipm.missouri.edu.

Sugarcane aphids may be problem for sorghum growers in 2015

The sugarcane aphid,Melanaphis sacchari, is alsoknown as the sorghum aphidor “white” sugarcane aphid,to differentiate it from theyellow sugarcane aphid(Sipha flava).(Scott Armstrong, USDA-ARS)

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Farmers throughout the coun-try are coming to the end of anearly yearlong process toelect which federal safety-netprogram in which to take part

— prices loss coverage, agriculturalrisk coverage or a combination of thetwo. According to the Farm ServiceAgency of the United States Depart-ment of Agriculture, after gatheringdata on historic yields from 2008-2012and either keeping orreallocating baseacres, farmers mustmake a “one-time,unanimous and irrrevo-cable election” of PLCor ARC.

There are two op-tions which farmersmight decide on —PLC/ARC-CO, whichgives PLC or ARC pay-ments on a commodity-by-commodity basis,i.e. corn, soybeans andwheat, among others,or ARC-IC, which mustcover all commoditieson a farm.

If producers chosePLC/ARC-CO, theymust also make a one-time election to selectwhich base acres on the farm are en-rolled in PLC and which base acres areenrolled in ARC-CO.

PLC and ARC replace the formersafety-net programs of direct andcounter-cyclical payment and annualcrop revenue election.

According to Dennis Stewart, a vol-unteer with the Lafayette County FSA,farmers would receive a set amount ina subsidy regardless of crop price or alow-yield year with DCP. PLC offersmore of a sliding scale based on those

two factors, he explained. “PLC protects producers in terms of

price,” Stewart noted. “If the (crop)price falls they would get payments.”

Producers who enroll in PLC, andalso participate in additional federalcrop insurance programs, may makethe annual choice to buy into the sup-plemental coverage option, accordingto the FSA, which starts with the 2015crop. SCO can cover a portion of a

farmer‘s insurance de-ductible and is basedon expected countyyields or revenue.

Even if a farmerdoesn’t elect to partici-pate in the programs,although it is highly en-couraged, according tothe FSA, they may stillreceive some subsidy,said Stewart.

“They’ll get what isknown as the thecounty plug, or thecounty yield average,”he said.

As for the PLC pro-gram, it’s one wherefarmers hope theydon’t get a payment,added Stewart.

“Every producerhopes they don’t get paid, whichmeans they had a good yield andprices. If they get paid it means priceswere suppressed or they had badcrops. It fills a gap,” he explained.

After completing the electionprocess, farmers will start to enroll inhis or her elected program starting inmid-April through this summer.

Editors note: Portions of this storywere previously published in the Feb.11 edition of The Concordian.

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known as thethe countyplug, or thecounty yield

average.

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Recently, a Yahoo blogger wrotea list of the five "most useless" col-lege degrees in America.

His top five were agriculture,fashion design, theater, animal sci-ence and horticulture.

Really? Three of the top five areag-related?

Apparently he doesn't know (orunderstand) one of my favorite sta-tistics: Four out of four people eat.

The story has many in the agri-culture community in an uproar.Several have written letters andblogs refuting his article.

There is even a new Facebookpage: "I Studied Agriculture and IHave a Job." In just a few days morethan 4,000 people have added it tothe pages they "like."

His article is full of incorrectfacts. The truth is, 15 percent of em-ployment opportunities are in agri-culture-related fields, 5 percent morethan just a few years ago, accordingto the USDA. Another study showedagriculture has a 7 percent unem-ployment rate (compared to 13 per-cent for architecture). Billions ofdollars of our nation's economy aredriven by the food industry.

Yet the story is still out there foranyone to Google, Bing or yes, evenYahoo.

It seems like another jab at thoseof who work hard to make sureeveryone (no matter their income)has access to affordable food.

With most of our population liv-ing in sprawled-out, concrete cities,most people are many generationsremoved from agriculture. They sel-dom see working farms and farmers,so few know where their food comesfrom or how it is produced.

The positive side of that showshow efficient we are at what we do.Today's agriculturalists (with uselessdegrees or not) are some of theworld's brightest and most innova-tive people we have in America.

And they are going to have tocontinue to be, if we are going tohave enough to eat.

Our world population just hit 7billion people and is expected to hit9 billion by 2050. That means a lotof mouths to feed. Those people willalso need places to live (more con-crete) and more water to drink.

It only puts more pressure on ouralready decreasing natural resources.

In America, 98 percent of ourfarms are still family owned.Today's American farmer is able tofeed 155 people using fewer re-sources than ever before. Yet, fewerthan 2 percent of Americans farm fora living.

All that is obtained by farmersand scientists (many with agriculturedegrees) using their knowledge to domore with less.

Even though statistics show only17 percent of Americans now live inrural areas, here in Saline County weare blessed with an agriculture econ-omy. Each year more and more ofour young college-educated menand women are coming back to ourrural area to work in agriculture --either on family farms or agricul-ture-related industries.

If you like rural America, thenthose degrees are certainly not use-

less.And they are not useless if you

want to continue enjoying theworld's most abundant and afford-able food supply.

In the 1960s and 1970s, NormanBorlaug, who had one of those so-called "useless degrees," used mod-ern agriculture to save billions ofpeople during the Green Revolution.He promoted fertilizer and hybridseeds to replace subsistence farming.In 1970, he was awarded the NobelPeace Prize.

He admitted his approach wasnot a Utopia, but "a change in theright direction."

He had critics, but his answer tothem was simple and true.

"They've never experienced thephysical sensation of hunger. Theydo their lobbying from comfortableoffice suites in Washington or Brus-sels. If they lived just one month

amid the misery of the developingworld, as I have for fifty years,they'd be crying out for tractors andfertilizer and irrigation canals and beoutraged that fashionable elitistsback home were trying to deny themthese things."

I won't deny there are someproblems with our food system. Nodoubt in some cases, our food is tooprocessed and too fast, but that hap-pens long after it leaves our localfarms.

But that also reminds me of anold adage:

"People with enough to eat havelots of problems. People who don'thave enough to eat have only oneproblem."

This column was first publishedat www.marshallnews.com Jan. 24,2012. Marcia Gorrell will returnnext month with a new “Semi View”piece.

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Since when is feeding the world a ‘useless’ career?

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Missouri is blessed withan abundance of natural re-sources. From mighty riversand clear flowing streams tooak forests and rolling hills,outdoor enthusiasts have op-tions aplenty. Yet our goodfortune should not be takenfor granted and ways to im-prove land stewardship mustnever be discounted. Unfor-tunately, state legislators’ ef-forts to shed light ongrowing discontent with theMissouri Department ofConservation (MDC) havebeen mischaracterized as anattempt to eliminate author-ity and funding rather thanincrease accountability andtransparency.

Roughly two-thirds ofthe state’s six million resi-dents live in urban areas.Yet, unlike western states,the majority of Missouriland is owned by private cit-izens—93 percent of thestate’s 44 million acres. Yes,there are sizeable public

holdings, but successful landmanagement must incorpo-rate private landowners.

In 1976, the MissouriConstitution was amendedto create a dedicated fundingsource for MDC. The de-partment is funded in largepart by a one-eighth of 1 per-

cent sales tax to the tune ofabout $105 million in fiscalyear 2014. The General As-sembly approves MDC’s

budget each year, yet this islargely ceremonial as sug-gestions are not encouraged.The chasm created in recent

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Q. I’v been seeing great testi-monies and strong research in the areaof Biologicals, are you experiencing agreater demand from farmers in 2015?

A. We certainly are, and we could-n’t be more excited to spread the word!We have literally had our phones ringingoff the hook, not just from farmers thatare hearing about what biologicals haveto offer but also, from farmers that had ahefty increase in yield by adding biologi-cals to their current program this pastyear.

I have seen, felt and experienced thebig yields, as being the top researcherwith my main study being biologicalshere at the Research Farm Center(RFC)™ on The Farm™ in Garden City.I am proud to say that the research ofbiologicals is my passion.

Bringing farmers an increase in yieldwhile having a good return on invest-ment. Research has brought us far andhelped us appreciate the aspect of bio-logicals while at the same time givingme the opportunity to spotlight the areasI knew that we could do even better.

This is what drives me — research toincrease yield. I want to save youmoney, make you money and save youtime. Biologicals are proving to do justthat and it’s great to see that the farm-ers that tried it last year are the firstones in line to buy it this year, along withwho they’ve shared the news.

Q. Could you explain some of theingredients in biologicals and how thathelps my soil and plant health?

A. One of our most popular bio-logicals contains a cold process sweet-ener this serves the soil and plant inseveral different ways.

The cold process sweetener is a nat-ural pesticide, it is not digestible by most

pest and insects so they steer clear alltogether or if they do partake they dieshortly after. This is allowing some farm-ers to decrease the amount of pesti-cides they use or in some caseseliminate the use of them altogether.Also, the sweetener is like an energydrink for the soil and plant. It gives yourplant energy and vigor.

We use more than 10 live and activemicroorganisms — this I compare to hu-mans eating yogurt for the probioticsthat help us keep a healthy digestivesystem and a healthy immune system.

The microorganisms unleash yourbound nutrients that are currently inyour soil allowing them to now go towork for you and your plants health.They compliment your unbound nutri-ents while adding just the right mix togive your root and plant the strengthand vitality it deserves.

Now that your soil is in prime condi-tion to support the root growth, you willnotice a bigger root ball with a fastshoot. The root health is vital because alarger root ball means a few things, bet-ter water uptake, better nutrient uptakeand better signaling of all the plantsfunctions and defenses.

Biologicals give a healthier cell wall,which produces a stronger stalk andthicker stalk. This helps give the plantbetter defenses all the way around.

As the nutrients and microorganismsmove from the soil to the root, then rootto the cell wall and up into the stemsand leaves, you can see the connectionand importance of the nutrient highway.The stems act as a road to the leaves,allowing the nutrients (cold processedsweetener and microorganisms to reachyour leaves so they can work along withthe leaves natural defenses against pestand disease.

Seeing is believing! This is a low costinvestment that works well with currentprograms and a good return!

John Ortiz is the owner of Basic Solutions Re-search, an Agricultural Research Farm, and he isthe General Manager of MOF2 in Garden City,Missouri. Contact John at johno@agteampro.

com, or at MOF2, LLC - P.O. Box 401, Garden City,MO 64747. John can also be reached by phone at

816-773-6018.

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John’s Jargon Q.A. Biologicals:The way of today!

I invite you to please take a look at Febru-ary’s “The Progressive Farmer” magazine, asI was featured in an article. Since its publica-tion, we have had great reviews and a largevolume of calls from farmers just like you!

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MDC has grown,and more bills areintroduced each

session to force changeswithin the department.

Legislators are not actingalone or out of spite. Manypeople, including those whoactually own and manageour natural resources, recog-nize and appreciate the ex-pertise MDC brings to thetable, but have become dis-enchanted as their concernsseem to have gone unheard.A quick reading of policiesadopted by Farm Bureaumembers reveals severalconcerns along with two ac-tions that, if adopted, wouldgo a long way toward restor-ing trust in the department.

First, the one-eighth centconservation sales taxshould be subject to astatewide vote every 10years.

We are not calling for thetax to be eliminated, but be-lieve that earmarked tax is-sues should never be placedin the Missouri Constitution

unless there are provisionsfor automatic, periodic voterreview. This is hardly anovel idea as the one-tenthcent soil and parks tax isplaced on the ballot everydecade.

Lest anyone think this isTrojan elk, the soils andparks tax has passed everytime with votes to spare inrecent elections. To keepthings fair, and again mirrorthe soils and parks tax, notaxpayer dollars should beused in the campaigns for oragainst continuation of theconservation sales tax.

Second, the size and na-ture of the ConservationCommission should bechanged. Currently, thecommission is comprised offour people appointed by theGovernor. Commissionmeetings are an exercise infutility — requests to presentcomments must not only besubmitted, but approved inadvance. Witnesses saytheir piece to commissionerswho sit in silence, ask no

questions and offer no feed-back. Increasing the num-ber of commissioners willnot make the body morehospitable, but it will assurebetter representation for allareas of the state. Changingthe culture of MDC officialsto be more receptive of thosewith concerns or suggestionsdoesn’t require legislation,but would be a step in theright direction.

MDC and its proponentsquickly circle the wagonswhen state legislators andothers signal discontent. Tosupporters, you are withthem or you are not…thereis no middle ground. Sadly,this stifles progress and ig-nores many real conserva-tionists around the state —those who own and managethe land.

Dan Cassidy, of Fulton,is chief administrative offi-cer for the Missouri FarmBureau, the state’s largestfarm organization.

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transmission and rear axlefluids are kept apart fromsystem hydraulics in sepa-rate reservoirs. The hy-draulic system comesstandard with four fingertip-controlled rear remotes withoptions to have two finger-tip-controlled valves withtwo joystick-controlledvalves or one or two morefingertip valves for eitherconfiguration.

Befitting a machine ofthis power and hydraulicflow, the Cat 3/4N three-point hitch (3PH) has a liftcapacity of 26,455 lbs at linkends (over 22,000 lbs at theindustry standard of 24” be-hind). Standard drawbar is aCat 3 with drop pin with op-tions for a HD Cat 3 or a Cat4. The rear PTO is a1000/1000E system runninga 1-3/4-inch diameter 20-spline shaft.

Stairs to the cab can beconfigured in 13 positionsfrom steps to a ladder to suitoperator preference. Threecab suspensions are offeredwith the basic model shockmodulated by rubber grom-mets, option two getting afour-point passive hydraulicsuspension and option threemoving up to four-point ac-tive hydraulic suspension.The seat is air suspended andliving room comfortable forthe long hours these ma-chines are certain to see.Specs claim a 71 dBA soundrating.

Behind the wheel, whichtilts and telescopes for com-fort, a three function powerreverser turn stalk is locatedto the left with an orangeelectronic park brake justunderneath. To disengagethe brake all that is requiredis a pull of the switch. Lift-ing the power reverser stalkand then moving it forwardor backward engages thetransmission in the selecteddirection. Increases or de-

creases of speed (there arefour control speeds) are ac-complished by additionalnudges of the stalk up ordown. At no time is clutch-ing required.

The right console arm-rest houses all the main nec-essary tractor controls. Thereis a transmission controllever that also can be used tospeed up or slow down.

Two thumb buttons, onefor range selection the otherfor headland turn manage-ment, are also located on thetransmission control lever. Infront of the console are tworocker switches that controlSC1 and SC2 cruise speedsand raise and lower the 3PH.Next to those rockerswitches are fingertip con-trols for the rear remotes. Tocontrol 3PH height, a rotat-

ing depth wheel is located onthe right next to rockerswitches for engine A/B pre-set, foot pedal or hand con-trol, and powermanagement.

There is a hand throttle,two-stage PTO switch, an-other fingertip rocker con-trol, and more switches fordifferential lock,2WD/4WD, true track steer-ing, hazard, drive lights, out-side mirror defrost, andautoguide settings.

A flip up switch box pro-vides more controls for lessfrequently used adjustmentssuch as rear 3PH adjustment,variable steering, cab sus-pension, front 3PH if soequipped, and outside powermirror positioning.

A color LCD displaygives the operator quick-

glance monitoring of majortractor functions and allowson-the-fly adjustments. Au-toGuide 3000 is standardand the system is AgCom-mand ready (all that’s re-quired is a subscription).

The cast steel front axleis designed to handle thehigh horsepower and canturn sharply — up to 55 de-grees while 4WD is en-gaged.

There are two front axlechoices, fixed or hydraulicsuspension with the latter re-quired for the 31 mph trans-port option. And to handlechallenging slope condi-tions, the axle can pivot cen-trally as much as 11 degreesin either direction. Also in-cluded is a rear seven-pintrailer electrical connector,three-pin dual controller and

nine-pin ISOBUS connec-tions, rear fender controls toraise/lower 3PH along witha PTO stop switch, and anautomatic battery disconnectafter 30 minutes of shutoff.Options to consider are 4.33-inch diameter rear axles thatcan be 118 inches (long) or105 inches (short), and apower beyond kit that pro-vides full tractor hydraulicflow and pressure to an im-plement on a single controlvalve.

The MT875E measures218.6 inches long by 141inches high and rides on a122-inch wheelbase. Typicaltire configurations mighthave 520/85R46 rear dualswith 1480/70R34 front sin-gles.

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