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New Industrial Markets Targeted
ST. LOUIS - Researchers,
agribusinessmen and com fanners
who attended the recent National
Com Utilization Conference in St.
Louis came away from the event
with a better perspective on the
enormous potential for new in
dustrial markets for the bountiful
U.S. com supply.
The conference, co-sponsored by
the National Corn Growers
Association and Funk Seeds In
ternational, Bloomington, IL,
attracted nearly 240 attendees
from 23 states, Canada, Southeast
Asia and Africa.
“Participant support and en
thusiasm at the conference were
gratifying,” says NCGA President
Harold Cutler, Greenville, NC. “In
many instances, the conference
attracted individuals who have
been working in isolated areas of
bioprocessing and research, with
emphasis on starch conversion. As
a result of this conference, we have
found each other and identified
common goals.”
The conference was divided into
three major breakout sessions and
included extensive research
reports on using com and its
derivatives to produce materials
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feedstocks and ethanol fuels.
“Biodegradable plastics made
from com starch could potentially
replace packaging materials,
styrofoam cups, disposable service
ware and other plastic products
currently made from petroleum,”
says Dr. Ramani Narayan, Purdue
University Research Scientist who
chaired the biodegradables and
materials session. “The
technology is in place for
manufacturing such items and
there is a huge market out there to
go after.”
Narayan also reported on
current high tech research being
done with zein, a com protein
fiber, for use in engineering
plastics as construction materials.
In the chemical feedstocks
session, potential markets were
identified where com can be used
to produce large volumes of
commodity chemicals and smaller
amounts for the specialty chemical
market.
“Over 200 billion pounds of
commodity chemicals valued at
$lOO billion are produced annually
from petroleum based products,”
says Dr. Charles Scott of the Oak
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chairman of the chemical feed
stocks breakout meeting. “More
than 90 percent of these chemicals
can be produced from com grain
and stover, instead of petroleum.”
Although specialty chemicals
represent a smaller market, but
one of much higher value, they can
be made from com by-products
and co-products to further enhance
the value of com, according to
Scott.
“Cleaning up the environment is
a potential growth market for
ethanol,” says Dr. Lawrence
Hudson of the New York State
Energy Research and Develop
ment Authority who chaired the
ethanol breakout assembly.
Several speakers reviewed their
research approach to new methods
of mixing and injecting diesel
ethanol blended fuels for diesel
engines. Future Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) stan
dards have sparked new interest in
ethanol-blended fuels for diesel
users.
“The current rise in petroleum
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“With current trends favorable
toward future ethanol market
growth, it is conceivable that we
can meet our association’s goal of
producing and using one billion
bushels of corn to produce ethanol
in 1990,” adds NCGA’s Cutler.
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prices, environmental concerns
and technological breakthroughs
for new chemical uses of com will
all play a role in the rate of growth
of ethanol production,” says
Hudson.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Farmers
and dealers with unused supplies
of pesticides containing dinoseb
may file for indemnity with the
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 111 office in
Philadelphia, says David Shriver,
Chief of the Pesticide Regulation
Section, Maryland Department of
Agriculture.
“We want everyone to be aware
that indemnity forms are available
and that claims must be filed with
EPA for dinoseb products by July
14,1987,” said Shriver. “EPA also
is accepting requests for disposal
of these products,” he continued.
“However, safe storage of the
pesticide is up to the owner until
the EPA finds a contractor to
handle disposal.” The agency
recommends that dinoseb be
stored in a dry, well-ventilated
room or covered area with a
concrete floor where fire
prevention is provided.
Requests for claim forms and a
list of registration numbers and
names of products containing
dinoseb that are eligible for in
demnity should be made to Don
Lott, EPA Region 111, 841 Chestnut
Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19017,
telephone (215)597-9870.
After completion, indemnity
claims and requests should be sent
by July 14,1987, to Special Review
Branch (TS-767C), Office of
Pesticide Programs, U.S. En
vironmental Protection Agency,
401 M Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C., 20460.