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Guayule plants grow at the Bridgestone Bio Rubber farm Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, in Eloy, Ariz. Guayule thrives amidst drought, its leaves set apart from dry dirt at a research and development farm operated by the tire company Bridgestone. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Angel Dias, Independent Contractor, works in a greenhouse with guayule plants at the Bridgestone Bio Rubber farm Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, in Eloy, Ariz. Guayule thrives amidst drought, its leaves set apart from dry dirt at a research and development farm operated by the tire company Bridgestone. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
A latex dipping machine spins around after dipping a model glove mold into guayule latex, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, in Wooster, Ohio. With climate change bearing down on agriculture around the world, the need for crops like guayule that can withstand extreme weather such as persistent drought is important. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
David Dierig walks in a field of guayule at the Bridgestone Bio Rubber farm Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, in Eloy, Ariz. Guayule thrives amidst drought, its leaves set apart from dry dirt at a research and development farm operated by the tire company Bridgestone. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
David Dierig holds a guayule plant at the Bridgestone Bio Rubber farm Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, in Eloy, Ariz. Guayule thrives amidst drought, its leaves set apart from dry dirt at a research and development farm operated by the tire company Bridgestone. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Angel Dias, Independent Contractor, puts guayule into a test tube at the Bridgestone Bio Rubber farm Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, in Eloy, Ariz. Guayule thrives amidst drought, its leaves set apart from dry dirt at a research and development farm operated by the tire company Bridgestone. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Katrina Cornish, a professor at Ohio State University who studies rubber alternatives, harvests rubber dandelion seeds inside a greenhouse, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, in Wooster, Ohio. Cornish spends her days raising dandelions and desert shrubs. She harvests the stretchy rubber substances they produce and uses special machines to dip them into condoms, medical gloves and parts for trachea tubes. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Katrina Cornish, a professor at Ohio State University who studies rubber alternatives, models a medical glove made from latex produced from the desert shrub guayule, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, in Wooster, Ohio. Cornish spends her days raising dandelions and desert shrubs. She harvests the stretchy rubber substances they produce and uses special machines to dip them into condoms, medical gloves and parts for trachea tubes. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Rubber dandelions grown inside a greenhouse, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, in Wooster, Ohio. Many companies tout the promise of alternative crops such as dandelions to fight climate change. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Harvested rubber dandelions sit on a table inside a laboratory, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, in Wooster, Ohio. Many companies tout the promise of alternative crops such as dandelions to fight climate change. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Ashley Herkins, right, prepares a part for a trachea tube made from guayule latex as Sarah Davis, left, a lab technician, works, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, in Wooster, Ohio. Many companies tout the promise of alternative crops such as dandelions or guayule to fight climate change. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Katrina Cornish, a professor at Ohio State University who studies rubber alternatives, poses for a portrait, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, in Wooster, Ohio. Cornish spends her days raising dandelions and desert shrubs. She harvests the stretchy rubber substances they produce and uses special machines to dip them into condoms, medical gloves and parts for trachea tubes. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Guayule rubber sits on a table at a laboratory, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, in Wooster, Ohio. Many companies tout the promise of alternative crops such as guayule to fight climate change. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)