Page 12—Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 17,1993 Global Demand, Environment Issues Capture Grower Attention SAN ANTONIO, Texas U.S. com growers will have to be increasingly assertive if they want to capture more world markets for their commodity. That’s the message Dennis Aveiy, director of global food issues for the Hudson Institute, delivered to farmers at the National Com Growers Asso ciation’s (NCGA) 35th annual Com Classic. “The world will rapidly triple its demand for farming resources. And virtually all of the demand increase will come in Asia,” said Avery. He noted China already has one of the largest economies in the world, and that per capita income in China has doubled since 1980. “Asia will want more pro tein. But com growers are not in a position to play,” said U.S. To Celebrate 50 Billionth Export WASHINGTON, D.C. Fifty billion bushels enough com to fill nearly 175,000 miles of rail cars that would circle the earth seven times. During 1993, the United States will pass the 50-billion bushel marie for com exports. The U.S. Feed Grains Council and Pioneer Hi-Bred International plan to coordinate a series of high-profile activities to recognize and commemorate this significant event. USDA has records that date back to the Civil War tracking com exports. The United States hit the billion-bushel mark of total com exports in 1888; 5 billion in 1953; 10 billion in 1967; 25 billion in 1978 and the 50-billionth bushel will be exported in 1993. “This is a very significant event,” said Kenneth Hobbie, president of the U.S. Feed Grains Council. “Sometimes we forget the sheer enormity of our grain export business, how successful we have been and what impact it has had not only on our agricultur al and rural economics, but also on the eco nomy of the United States as a whole. This is a clear example of a great American suc cess story.” Included in the events planned by Pion eer and the Council will be a gala celebra tion later this spring in New Orleans to commemorate the 50-billionth bushel. The event will be held at Continental Grain Company’s Westwego grain export facility, where representatives from all sectors of the com production and export business will be invited to participate in a ceremonial plac ing of the “50-Billionth Bushel” of com on an export bound vessel. “Fifty billion bushels is an almost incom prehensible amount of com,” said Charles Ottem, farmer from North Dakota and the 1993 chairman of the U.S. Feed Grains Council. “It is an event that we need to take pride in not only as farmers, but also the entire agribusiness sector from seed to export. Think of the worldwide impact and the industries that have been spawned and supported around the world based on U.S. com as an exported raw material.” Avery. “We’re still trying to maximize return from Washington. D.C., but we will not get access to Asia with fed eral faim subsidies.” “Farmers have to demand that the government take them out of their straight-jacket,” said Avery, “We need free trade. We need to get import barriers out of the way.” He uiges fanners to press for a new round of negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) to much more forcefully require other countries par ticularly Japan and the Euro pean Community to sub stantially reduce trade barriers. Avery’s appearance at Com Classic was sponsored by Cargill. 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