ClO-Lincaster Farming, Saturday, May 9, 1992 Market , Technical Hurdles Face Com Uses ST. LOUIS, Mo. “Com growers can take pride in the impact of the three com utilization conferences,” said Tim Trotter, NCGA president and a com farmer from Coal City, HI. “But our work is far from over.” He said, “These meetings have carried on NCGA’s tradition of investing in research that will broaden our markets. That’s the only way we see to take the boom or-bust cycles and the govern ment out of our markets. By helping to focus the resources of the entire com industry, from basic researcher to international proces sor, on the issue, we can get the most bang for our limited checkoff dollars targeted for research. “We’ve had a role in the scien tific advances that have moved some of these products off the lab bench and into the marketplace in record time," he said. “But all the new uses face rugged competition. And researchers tell us that we’ve just begun to tap the potential of com.” The Com Utilization Confer ence (CUC) IV, to be held June 24-26 at the Henry VIII Hotel and Conference Center in St Louis, is cosponsored by NCGA and Ciba- Geigy Seed Division. It will focus the attention of more than 400 sci entists on the current and future industrial uses for com. Several current commercial suc cesses can be traced to the first CUC in 1987. At the first confer ence, prototypes of biodegradable plastics contained 6 percent corns tarch. Today several commercial articles approach a content of 100 GEORGE N. GROSS, INC. Dover, PA 717-292-1673 GROWER’S EQUIPMENT CENTER, INC. Biglerville, PA 717-677-7133 percent cornstarch. In 1987, the large-scale produc tion of commodity chemicals from a com feedstock was a theory. Today, corn-derived dextrose is used to produce specialty chemi cals such as lactic, citric, and acetic acid as well as vitamins, enzymes, and pharmaceuticals. “The sky’s the limit” in the use of corn-derived dextrose for microbial fermentation, said Anthony Pometto 111, professor of A ROTARY CUTTER FOR THE LARGEST CUTTING JOBS. Winning with quality. STOP BEATING THE BUSHES. One of the toughest big cutters on the mark et, Bush Hog’s 15-foot 3615 Flex-Wing Rot ary Cutter was developed for heavy duty cut ting chores on rugged terrain. It cuts material up to 3 inches thick and operates from 90° up to 22° down. Spring-loaded axle assemblies and heavy duty slip clutches are standard equipment. A minimum 80 hp tractor is recommended. Features include level lifting of center and wing units, a narrow profile tongue for better turning radius and specially designed, heavy duly gear boxes. 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The plastics market is huge. “But the potential payback is there if com growers can become the least cost reliable supplier of products that are technically super ior to the competition.” DIVISION OF ALLIED PRODUCTS COMPOPMI lON Winning with quality. Dover, PA 717-292-2631 609-589-3953
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