A 36—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, inly 18,1981
U.S. Chamber ag director to address Lancaster Ag Council
LANCASTER - E. Clinton
“Smokey” Stokes, Director ot the
Food and Agriculture department
of the U.S. Chamber ot Commerce
will address the Lancaster County
Agriculture Council at 7; 30 p.m. on
Tuesday, July 21, at the Lancaster
Chamber office
WASHINGTON, D. C. - Gram
dust—difficult, dangerous and
expensive to handle—may be put
to use in the future.
Small gram particles wear off of
corn, wheat, sorghum, soybeans,
and other grams'- as they move
through facilities and equipment
from farms to final destinations.
Researchers see it as a possible
source of fuel, feed, or fertilizer,
with its use as a feed ingredient
apparently having the most
potential in terms of cost and
nutrition.
Although little information is
available, some feeders are
already feeding their cattle, swine,
and poultry rations that contain
gram dust.
Some sources contend gram dust
has 80 percent of the nutritional
value of its original source.
Estimates show the dust to have a
value of $72 per ton when corn is
$2.52 a bushel. Although a cost
analysis was not made tor han
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The Lancaster County
Agriculture Council was organized
by The Lancaster Chamber ot
Commerce and Industry to identity
and represent key agricultui al and
business issue's impacting ot
Lancaster County agricultural
procedures. The chan man
Grain dust emerges as fuel,
tiling, gram dust likely has more
value as a teed than as a fertilizer
or fuel in most situations.
Gram dust has been compared to
gunpowder because ot its explosive
characteristics when combmed
with oxygen. It can be burned
under controlled conditions though
for heat. A public utility it ex
ploring this possibility. A
drawback is the possibility ot
silica, particularly m soybean
dust. Glass created when silica is
incinerated causes problems m
incineration equipment.
Gram dust as a fuel could be
combined with or substituted tor
coal, but coal, with over 1.7 tunes
the energy per pound as corn dust,
is superior as an energy source.
Coal is also superior on a cost
basis. So, with processmg and
transportation costs considered, a
subsidy ot $13.71 per ton would be
needed to make gram dust com
petitive with coal at $38.92 per ton.
Gram dust could also be used to
produce tuel alcohol because ol Us
starch content, but again the cost
comparison with other feedstocks
would be the determining factor.
Spreading dust on cropland
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Lancaster County serves on the
Council to represent the issues and
pi ograrts ot interest to their
members.
This umbrella organization
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provides a torum -.tor the
agricultural community ot Lan
caster County to receive in
formation on a particular subject
or to come together on an issue and
motivate their own memberships
in support ot, or m opposition to, as
needed.
feed
poses weed and insect problems,
but because of its high organic
content it is ideal as a compost tor
greenhouses and gardens. Costs
would have a negative effect here
also. Composted products which
sold at $4 per hundredweight in the
Midwest last year suggest that
processed gram dust retail prices
would have been $BO a ton.
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counted for by wholesaler and
retailer margins, transportation,
and processmg, leavmg a small
proportion, if any, of the value
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Stokes’s presentation will focus
on the key provisions and current
status of the farm bill which is
currently being considered in
Congress. This bill, which includes
provisions on agricultural
research, exports, .conservation
and agricultural commodity -
support programs, will determine
the direction ot federal farm
programs tor the next tour years.-
Stokes will also briefly overview
other pending legislative issues in
agriculture, both domestic and
international.
Stokes has been a staff specialist
on issues related to agriculture,
rural and regional development
since 1954. His work at the U.S.
Chamber brings him m frequent
association with members ot
Congress, officials ot the (J.S.
Department ot Agricutture and
other executive agencies, with
tanners and agri-business leaders
and with national trade
associations in agriculture and
allied industries.
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