Dl2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 8,1981
U. of Md. researchers
to study alternate fuels
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Four
University ot Maryland research
scientists have been awarded a
two-year grant to study the
economic and technical feasibility
ot using vegetable oil as an
alternative fuel source.
Oils such as those squeezed from
peanuts, soybeans, sunflowers,
rape seed and winter wheat could
be used to “extend” diesel fuel now
used in agriculture, according to
Larry E. Stewart, chairman of the
University’s Department ot
Agricultural Engineermg.
The combination ot oils and
diesel tuel would work in much the
same manner as the current
combination ot corn alcohol and
gasoline to produce "gasohol,” he
said.
The four scientists, working
under the University’s
Agricultural Experiment Station,
and their particular endeavors in
the research project include:
Ah Farsaie, Department of
Agricultural Engineering, who will
study oil squeezing equipment as
well as conduct engine tests with
oil-diesel combinations;
William Wiebold, Department
of Agronomy, who will study
various crop combinations of
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peanuts, soybeans, sunflower,
rape seed and winter wheat to
determine which combinations
produce the most oil and which
grade of vegetable oil is best
suited tor diesel tuel;
William Lessley, Department
ot Agricultural and Resource
Economics, who will study the
economic and energy feasibility ot
vegetable oils and diesel tuels;
and.
Jerry V. Deßarthe, Depart
ment ot Animal Science, who will
study possible uses ot by-products
from the oil production process as
swine and sheep feed supplements.
“Potentially, the use ot
vegetable oils with diesel tuel or in
place ot diesel fuel looks very
promising,” said Stewart.
In 1978, 53 percent ot all farm
tractors in the nation used diesel
tuels, consuming 3.3 billion
gallons, he said. -
By 1990, 88 percent of all tarm
tractors are expected to be diesel
powered, he said.
The research grant, awarded by
the U.S. Department ot
Agriculture, is for $135,187 and was
sought competitively by a host ot
other major universities and
private industry.
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and ne.v companies to get a piece
of the action. He says this means
that in the future there will be
more market concentration and
fewer firms devoting larger ex
penditures to new pesticide
development
So far, the USDA economist
believes this process has not
worked to the disadvantage of
farmers. In fact, it may have
actually helped them. Strong
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the past decade meant pesticide
prices actually increased less than
other farm inputs
But Eichers says he thinks that
favorable situation may end A few
firms could find it much easier to
regulate the amount of pesticides
made available each year and in so
doing have a lot more to say about
the cost of farm chemicals
Eichers adds he believes the
long-range effect of the con
centration of pesticide
manufacturing could have good
and bad effects on agriculture.
Obviously, large firms withiarge
shares of the market have lower
production costs and could be in a
position to pass that on to farmers.
On the other hand, they might
manage that production to their
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worth the fight to preserve their
label clearances and just go out of
the pesticide business altogether.
As tins happens, the concentration
of suppliers could become even
more serious to the point where
two or three giants would decide
virtually all of the presticide
output.
Farmers are* already having
problems finding suitable
pesticides for some of the lesser
crops this trend could spread.
They may wake up someday and
find that chemical companies are
no longer willing to produce im
portant pesticides because it just
isn’t worth it. When that happens,
we may all suffer from a reduced
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