C34—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 20,1980
HARRISBURG - Mason-
Dixon Farms, of Gettysburg,
and Penn Dames, Inc., of
Lancaster, this week were
among six recipients of
Energy Conservation
Awards sponsored by the
Governor’s Energy Council.
The awards were
presented on Tuesday by Lt
Gov. William W. Scranton
Pulldown of corn
stocks expected
DEKALB, 11. US. com production for 1979 was a bin
busting 7.76 billion bushel record. The average yield per
acre was 109,4 bushels. According to the USDA October 10,
1980 estimate, only 6.47 billion bushels were produced in
1980 due to widespread drought and heat during the critical
pollination and gram-filling period.
Due to the short com crop in the United States, the
estimates of reduced com and wheat production in Russia
and other countries of the world, the amount of carryover
(ending stocks) at the end of the 1980-81 marketing year
(September 30, 1981) is estimated by the USDA to be 704
million bushels - one billion bushels less than the previous
year’s ending stock.
If 1980-81 U.S com usage and exports remain near 1979-80
levels, as projected by USDA, 7 3 billion bushels of U.S
com will be utilized by September 30,1981 Approximately
4.1 billion bushels will be used for livestock consumption,
700 million m food and industrial products, and exports will
total some 2.5 billion bushels
Smce exports are critical to the economic health of U.S
farmers and a major factor m U S. balance of payments,
let’s look at the importers of U S. com based on estimated
1979-80 figures and projected 1980-81.
Japan
E.E.C
East Europe
Other WE
USSR
Mexico
Taiwan
South Korea
China
Mideast/North Africa
Canada
Brazil
Israel
Others
TOTAL
If the 2.5 billion bushels of corn exported in 1980-81 is
valued at $4 per bushel, we can see that com could bring
some 10 billion dollars into the United States That is
enough currency to offset imports of 33 3 million television
sets valued at $3OO each (wholesale), or 1 43 million autos
valued at $7,000 (wholesale)
As the world population continues to grow and as the
United States maintains its leadership in producing food to
help feed the world’s people, U S. farmers will continue to
be very, very important people in the world economies
And, com will be a very important element of U.S
agriculture
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Council
The Energy Conservation
Awards Program is open to
industries, commercial
organizations, local
government units, and in
dividuals who have in
stituted programs and
energy saving measures
which have resulted in at
1979-80 1980-81
Million Bushels Million Bushels
450 490
395 390
310 300
305 310
235 200
160 180
88 90
80 100
70 100
70 80
50 50
37 40
20 20
130 150
2,400 2,500
Energy Council honors
least twenty percent
reduction in energy use over
a twelve month period. The
Governor’s Energy Council
offers these awards to
acknowledge special ac
complishments in the field of
energy conservation and the
promotion of energy saving
programs.
Mason-Dixon Farms was
recognized for its con
tribution to the energy
conservation programs of
the Commonwealth through
the installation of a manure
digester to produce biogas
The digester produces
approximately 38,000 cubic
feet of gas per day or 90
percent of the farm’s
energy needs. The sludge
and solids from the digester
are used to make bedding for
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all the animals on the farm
and the exhaust from the
generator motor is used as a
source of heat to make
bedding
Mason-Dixon Farms plans
to build a second digester to
increase its electrical
capacity of one and a half
times It expects to produce
enough waste heat for 40
gallons per hour of ethanol
fuel and to become totally
self-sufficient through the
use of renewable resources.
Penn Dairies was
recognized for its con
tribution to the energy
conservation programs of
the Commonwealth through
the installation of a waste
heat recovery system
The system is estimated to
save 83.000 gallons of fuel oil
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