14—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 12. 1975
ASA Exploring Mid East Possibilities
The American Soybean
Association (ASA) board of
directors voted in a meeting
recently to further explore
the feasibility of establishing
an office in the Mideast to
develop new soybean
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markets.
The new overseas office
would be ASA’s 7th. Others
are In Mexico City, Brussels,
Hamburg, Vienna, Tokyo
and Taipei.
ASA President Berwin
Tilson of Plainview, Tex.,
said the association recently
sent a consultant to the
Mideast to study the market
potential for soybeans in that
area.
“The consultant studied
the area from all angles to
make sure ASA would have a
considerable chance for
success there,” said Tilson.
“He recommended that we
establish a program there
for several reasons.”
The major reason, Tilson
said, is that petro-dollars
flowing into the oil-rich
Mideast countries are being
spent to upgrade diets with
more protein.
He noted that countries in
the Mideast have rapidly
expanding poultry in
dustries.
“For expample, Egypt had
25 million birds in poultry
production last year and 35
million this year,” Tilson
said. ‘‘Officials in Iraq in-
Tractor Club
Holds Round-up
The Lancaster County 4-H
Tractor Maintainance Club
Round-up was held Friday
evening, April 4 at the Farm
& Home Center. Mr. Ben
Wenger, President of the
Lancaster County
Machinery Dealers
Association presented
awards to the members for
their outstanding project
work
Winners for the best two
overall projects went to
Wayne Erd, Rl Mount Joy
and Scott Augsburger,
Reinholds; the best first
year projects went to
Michael Bukowski, Rl
Mount Joy and Sam
Hollister, R 2 Mount Joy;
The best second year project
swards went to Richard
Groff, Leola and Ed Kunt
zelman, Elizabethtown; and
winners of the best third
year projects went to Ronald
Nolt Rl Mount Joy and
Robert Haldemen, Rl
Reinholds.
Jay W. Irwin, Associate
County Agent, discussed the
importance of safety when
working with equipment
whether it is one the high
way, in the field or in the
work shop. He also discussed
dicatcd they intend to in
crease their poultry
production by 25 times in the
next five years, aiming for
100 million birds.”
The consultant reported
that the overall efficiency of
poultry production in these
countries lags far behind
that in the U.S., Tilson ad
ded.
“This is an excellent op
portunity for us to step in and
show them how to use
soybean meal to improve the
efficiency of their poultry
production, as has been done
so successfully elsewhere,”
he said.
The use of soy protein for
direct human consumption is
another way soybeans can be
used to upgrade diets in the
Mideast countries, Tilson
said.
“The goverment of Iran
wants to get soy protein into
the school lunch program by
September,” he said. “Our
the Occupational Safety and
Health Act (OSHA) and
stressed the need for every
farmer, that hires any labor,
to be aware of the im
plications of this law. The
film “The Roar of Power”
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new office could help them
implement this plan and then
perhaps provide a home
economist to help develop
soy protein products for
commercial sale. Wc have
done this very successfully
in Mexico ”
The ASA official added
that the Mideast is also a
good potential market for
soy oil. Egypt will buy
200,000 tons of vegetable oil
this year, he said, and
Lebanon has a soybean
erasing capacity of 60,000
tons per year.
“Our consultant indicated
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that the Mideast is having
some technical problems
with the soybean meal and
oil they are producing,”
Tilson said. “Our new office
would provide them with
expert technical assistance
to help solve these problem.
This would create more
demand for their products
and, in turn, more demand
for our beans.”
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