El2-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 3, 1989
WILMINGTON. DE The
Du Pont Company, Pfister Hybrid
Com Company and the University
of Illinois have entered into exclu
sive agreements for the develop
ment and commercialization of
high-oil com hybrids for im
proved animals feeds.
High-oil com contains signific
antly more oil and protein than
present commercial hybrids. Sev
eral studies indicate that livestock
and poultry use high-oil com feed
mom efficiently in weight gain,
resulting in feed cost savings. This
should benefit producers and con
sumers of com by creating a high
er value feed product, as well as
help assure the global competi
tiveness of American farmers.
“The agreements
responsibilities for the research
necessary to improve the agro
nomic performance bf the hybrids
and the development of an effec
tive system to produce and market
the high-oil com separately from
the existing commodity system in
America,” said Daniel Hammes,
Du Pont biotechnology product
specialist. Agricultural Products
The Eaton Way
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he often depends on for herd
replacements.
“I have to put the whole picture
together every day,” he said. “But
without those specialists I’d be
gone.”
As might be expected, the sum
mer of 1988 was especially hard
on the dairyman who buys all the
food he needs.
“This past year was a break
even year,” he said, adding feed
costs increased 40'percent in all
areas. By September he knew it
was going to be a try-for-survival
year. “We tightened our belts, we
did without things, with one less
man labor,” he said. “We
squeezed the most out of every
thing. We even made things like
grain scoops last a little longer.”
Another cost-saving measure
was to cut down on the embryo
transplants. Eaton said he’s a
dairyman because he likes cows
and he likes being his own boss.
As for his unconventional
methods, his Hoisteins are begin
ning to provide the figures to
prove many of them are sound.
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Du Pont Enters Agreement To Develop High-Oil Corn Hybrids
ar JJ nent - com in 1896. Recent work by D.E. 20 years. “Marketing under the
Du Pont and Poster will create a Alexander, professor of genetics ‘Kern Oil* trademark, Pfister is
joint program to develop im- j n department of agronomy, the only commercial source of
proved ones of high-oil corn. h as to development of expert- high-oil com in the world,” said
They will combine the proprietary mental lines of com with signific- Daniel Pfister, president. The
corn germplasm and breeding ant jy higher oil and protein than 53-year-old company markets a
expertise of Pfister with Du Pont’s standard hybrids. full line of hybrid seed com in 14
broad base of com research and Pfister breeders have worked Midwestern states,
development technology. The w ith high-oil com for more than The agreements are consistent
University of Illinois, in turn, will
grant Du Pont and Pfister the right
to further improve and commer
cialize high-oil com lines discov
ered by the university.
Through a research grant, Du
Pont will fund further high-oil
com research by the university.
Royalties will be paid on hybrids’
that are commercialized by
Pfister.
“Collaboration with Du Pont
and Pfister will benefit the people
of Illinois by ensuring the deve
lopment and commercialization of
high-oil com hybrids with nutri
tional qualities superior to other
feeds,” said Donald Holt, director
of the Illinois Agricultural Experi
mental Station.
University of Illinois research
ers began working on high-oil
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