D4-Lancast«r Farming Saturday, January 25,1992
New Uses Council Lauds National
ST. LOUIS, Mo. “Clearly,
the time has come to intensify our
efforts in the area of nonfood and
nonfeed crops and uses of farm
products,” emphasized Agricul
ture Secretary Edward Madigan
during a recent speech. “For one
thing, the needs are greater: The
Clean Air Act calls for cleaner
fuels with a firm deadline. Land
fill space is dwindling rapidly.
Our dependence on foreign oil is
growing. And the demand is more
urgent for environmentally, safe
to-handle biodegradable
products.”
The New Uses Council (NUC)
couldn’t agree more.
“New uses for farm products
increase farm income, create jobs
in rural America, reduce our
dependence on foreign petroleum
and put renewable resources to
good use,” said Jeff Gain, council
chairman and chief executive
officer of the National Corn
Growers Association. “We are
delighted to see Secretary Madi
gan taking the lead in this vitally
important area.”
NUC formed last year to serve
as an advocate for the commer
cialization of new uses and help
coordinate public and private sec
tor initiatives in this area. Since
that time, the council has served as
an information clearinghouse,
provided speakers for conferences
and is helping organize an interna
tional trade show for later this
year. They’ve also been advising
government officials about specif
ic policies and programs that can
expand industrial uses of agricul
tural materials and use excess
resources more efficiently.
“We want to make sure that
worthwhile, new agricultural pro
ducts have a fighting chance of
becoming commercialized in this
increasingly competitive world,”
Gain emphasized. “Government
regulations and research priorities
can sometimes make or break new
products.”
For example, the Clean Air Act
regulations developed will have a
tremendous impact on the demand
for renewable fuels like ethanol
and could ultimately, add millions
to farm income, said Gain.
“In 1990, ethanol-blended
gasoline used almost 400 million
bushels of com. The potential is
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many times greater,” Madigan
added.
To accelerate the development
of new crops and uses of farm pro
ducts, Madigan recently
announced several measures.
These include:
* Oudine a plan to put addition
al USDA resources into research
and development of new nonfood
and nonfeed uses in 1992.
* Review USDA programs to
identify additional opportunities
for developing new uses for farm
commodities.
* Seek close industry coopera
tion throughout the process of
research, development and testing
of products and materials, and step
up the transfer of technology from
USDA to industry and producers.
* Urge other federal agencies to
BLUE BALL (Lancaster
Co.) David Kohl, professor of
agricultureal finance and small
business management and entre
preneurship at Virginia Polytechn
ic Institute and State University, is
to be one of several speakers high
lighted during a Feb. S Blue Ball
National Bank agricultural
seminar.
It is the ninth such ag seminar
sponsored by Blue Ball and is to be
held in the Blue Ball Fire Hall,
starting 9:45 a.m.
Because of limited space, only
those who make reservations by
Monday, Jan. 27, will be accepted,
according to Kenneth Overly, agri
cultural lender at BBNB. To make
reservations, contact Stacy Car
penter, at BBNB, immediately.
In addition to featured speaker
Kohl, others to talk include Robert
Yonkers, a Pennsylvania State
University (PSU) professor of
agricultural economics; Dough
Clemens, director of hog procure
ment for Hatfield Quality Meats;
and Glenn Shirk, Lancaster Coun
ty dairy agent.
As featured speaker. Kohl has a
reputation for offering advice free
of endorsements to any one politi
cal, professional or educational
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work with USDA to identify new
market opportunities here and
abroad. The goal: reduce or elimi
nate barriers to new industrial uses
and encourage industrial and rural
business participation in this
effort
* Expedite the establishment of
the Alternative Agricultural
Research and Commercialization
Center (AARC) and its Board of
Directors. The 1990 Farm Act
authorized the formation of the
Center and Board to oversee deve
lopment and commercialization of
new uses of agricultural products.
With $4.5 million appropriated by
Congress, AARC will provide
grants for research and develop
ment, offer seed money for new
alternative agricultural businesses
and act as a clearinghouse for
To Speak On
Kohl
institution.
Kohl received his master’s and
doctorate degrees in agricultural
economics from Cornell Universi
ty in 1976 and 1978, respectively.
He has conducted more than
1,000 workshops, seminars, and
speeches on farm and financial
management throughout the
United States, Canada, and Mex
ico. He has published four books
Ag Secretary’s Agenda
alternative agricultural product
information.
* Urge farm groups and land
grant universities to support and
join USDA in this renewed effort
to develop industrial uses for farm
and forestry commodities.
* Create an annual Secretary of
Agriculture Award to be given to
an individual or organization that
makes a major contribution to the
successful development and
promotion of new industrial crops
and products.
The NUC has been very active
in securing funding for AARC and
in surfacing candidates for the
AARC Board.
“The NUC is committed to see
ing that the commercialization of
new ag products through the
AARC program moves ahead
quickly. It is an idea whose time
Farm Management
and over 125 journal articles,
research and extension bulletins,
and popular publications.
He has received several major
teaching awards at Virginia Tech
including the William E. Wine
Award for outstanding teaching in
1983. He was named Outstanding
Young Extension Specialist in
1981 by the Virginia Cooperative
Extension Service. He received the
Distinguished Service Award
given by the Virginia Bankers
Association.
In 1984 Kohl received the
National Outstanding Undergra
duate Teaching Award given by
the American Agricultural Eco
nomics Association. In 1987 Kohl
was presented the Governor’s
Award for Outstanding Friend of
Virginia Agriculture, presented by
the Friends of the Industry of Agri
culture. Kohl is the youngest per
son ever to receive this award.
From July 1987 to July 1988,
has come because it is good for
fanners, rural America, the U.S.
economy and the environment,”
Gain said.
Officers elected at the NUC
annual meeting in November for
the coming year are:
Chairman, Jeff Gain, National
Com Growers Association. Past
Chairman, Alan Tracy, Wisconsin
Sectretary of Agriculture; Chair
man Elect, Shelby Thames, Uni
versity of Southern Mississippi;
Vice Chair, Jack Firkens, A.E.
Staley Manf. Co.; Secretary,
Bruce Abbey, Communicating for
Agriculture; Treasurer, Jay
Swisher, South Dakota Depart
ment of Agriculture; At Large:
Martin Andreas, Archer Daniels
Midland, Richard Hahn, Kansas
Added Value Center.
Kohl was a visiting professor at
Cornell University, focusing on
business management and small
business and entrepreneurship. In
May 1989, Kohl received the Mer
rill Presidential Scholars Award,
the most influential faculty recog
nition, from Cornell University.
In 1989, Kohl was appointed to
the Board of Directors of the Virgi
nia Rural Development Founda
tion by Virginia Gov. Gerald
Baliles.
Most recently. Kohl is being
recognized for his work as a mem
ber of the United States Agricul
tural Financial Standards Task
Force, as well as having been
appointed to the Farmer Mac Ag
Government Advistory Board,
1990.
In addition. Kohl is the United
States’ Representative serving on
the Task Force of Accounting
Standards for Canadian
Agriculture.
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