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ST. LOUIS, Mo. A half a
century ago, people like Henry
Ford, Thomas Edison and agri
culture editor Wheeler McMil
lan attempted to develop
industrial markets for renew
able resources.
These “Farm Chemurgists”
applied new knowledge in sci
ence to farm surpluses in order
to design a variety of improved
products. They urged USDA to
adopt the “new uses” research
and development program.
However, supporting legis
lation was blocked by the oil
industry’s intense lobbying. In
addition, their initiation failed
because there was no economic
incentive for industry to use
renewable resources. Petro
leum, as an industrial feed
stock, was cheaper and domes
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consideration at that time.
Unfortunately, the story of
industrial uses of renewable
resources has been one of
America’s best-kept secrets.
However, the economics of
renewable resources and agri
culture research has changed.
“The price of a barrel of oil
is still relatively low, but envir
onmental damage, lost jobs,
economical opportunities, and
the threat to national economic
security caused by ever higher
oil imports, must now be conis
dered,” said Jeff Gain, chair
man of the New Uses Council
and National Corn Growers
Association (NCGA) chief
executive officer. In an effort
to increase com markets and
improve profitability, NCGA
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moisture from the 1992
drought.
South Africa imported 134
million bushels (mbu) of com
during CY1992, 114.3 mbu
from the United States. The
threat of another small crop
means imports could reach at
least 59.1 mbu by May 1,1994,
unless South Africa gets more
favorable weather conditions
for the rest of the season.
UK Corn Market
Remains Strong
tion of the New Uses Council
In this testimony before the
Subcommittee on Agricultural
Research, Conservation, Fore
stry and General Legislation,
Gain said, “Also to be consid
ered is the cost of idling 60
million acres of cropland each
year rather than using the land
to produce renewable resour
ces for industrial maikets.
“Greater coordination of
reneweable resources develop
ment activities is needed
among federal departments and
agencies,” Gain said.
He proposed creation of a
national renewable resource
development policy to reduce
demand for imported non
renewable resources; create
jobs and economic opportunity
for Americans, particularly
rural Americans; secure net
environmental benefits for the
nation; and expand market
opportunities for American
agriculture.
He also proposed that a
cabinet or subcabinet-level
coordinating group be formed
to issure that programs work
together without duplication.
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U.S. corn gluten feed
exports to the United Kingdom
(UK) remain strong, but
dropped slightly in 1992 due to
the uncertainties created by the
European Community’s classi
fication changes. Overall, U.S.
com gluten feed exports to the
UK arc valued at $ll2 million,
making them an important
market for the United States.
In addition, U.S. corn
exports to the UK increased
seven-fold to more than 7.8
As a first step, Gain suggested
that the Office of Technology
Assessment review govern
ment agencies to determine
how to coordinate activities to
accelerate development and
commericalization of industrial
resource-based products.
The New Uses Council has
launched a nationwide effort to
build public awareness of the
uses and benefits of using
renewable agricultural resour
ces for industrial purposes. The
council strongly supports the
Alternative Agriculture
Research and Commercializa
tion (AARC) Center program
and urges Congress to substan
tially increase funding for
AARC from its current $lO
million to as much as Sbillion.
Just as the Farm Chemur
gists led the USDA in forecast
ing the industrialization of
agriculture, the New Uses
Council and federal programs,
such as the AARC Center, now
play a primary role in the use of
renewable agricultural resour
ces for environmentally
friendly industrial and consum
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million bushels, a result of
drought-driven, high-priced
French com.
Although com production in
the Philippines for 1993-1994
has been estimated at approxi
mately 193 million bushesl
(mbu), an increase of 9 percent
over the 1992-1993 estimate,
imports of com are still pro
jected at 11.8 mbu for next year
in order to bridge the shortfall
between production and
consumption.
Estimates of 1992-93 com
imports have also been raised
to 11.8 mbu, based on evidence
of increasing domestic shor
tages and strong sustained
demand.
It is estimated that Slovenia
will need 3.2-3.9 million
bushels (mbu) of feed grains
this year from non-traditional
suppliers, which could open
opportunities for the United
States.
Slovenia usually produces
around 13.8 mbu of com annu
ally with any shortfalls being
imported from neighboring
Croatia and Serbia. However,
the drought in 1992 coupled
with war throughout the region
is forcing Slovenia to import
feed grains from other sources.
Corn Export Numbers Up
From Last Year
Com exports ate up 207 mil
lion bushels from last year at
this time. So far in MY1993,
which began Sept. 1,1.327 bil- ,
lion bushes! (bbu) were
expoerted compared to 1.120
bbu in MY1992.
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