Corn Growers Continue Commitment To Greater Profits
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Com-based and cornstarch accounts for $5OO and a few minor ingredients have some testing methods and desi*
degradable products are supplying mdhon in com sales. been developed by a European nations for biodegradability This
value-added markets from the Value-added markets like company. They have already been will allow development and mark
Winter Olympics in LUlchammcr. these, which NCGA has been used at the Winter Olympics in eting of these materials to mov P
Norway to the U.S. developing for years, are essential Lillehammer. Norway.” out of the holding pattern and torn
Value-added research, sup- for future farm profits and rural One of the barriers (hat has hin- the marketplace B Si grower
ported through corn checkoff development,” Wenstrand said. dered the development of com use will benefit as com is used in
efforts, is paving the way for U.S. NCGA has targeted three areas in biodegradable plastics has been many of these applications
com farmers to market their pro- having the greatest potential for resolved through standards and Other session tonics include
duct in unique applications. short-term commercialization and regulations. Another CUC V ses- food ingredients ethanol issues
One of the ways farmers foster high-volume usage: polylactic s i on will review the development processes in com refining deve
this research is to provide a forum acid biodegradable materials, 0 f standards and regulations of loping information networks of
for scientists to gather from all ethano production and usage, and biodegradable materials. Accord- new com uses, and the future of
over the world. com gluten feed products. ing to Willett, industry has ratified bio-based products A poster ses-
The National Com Growers In particular, polylactic acid- F sier 868
Association (NCGA) will host the based disposable plastics may
Com Utilization Conference V become “the next premiere com
(CUC V), June 8-10 at the Hyatt market,” said Anthony Pometto,
Regency Union Station, St Louis, chair of a CUC V session.
Mo., where hundreds of scientists “Polylactic acid biodegradable
from the U.S. and foreign univer- products have the potential to
sities, companies, private research become a 300 million bushel per
institutions and government labor- year market for com.” said Pomet
atories will exchange the latest to, who is associate professor of
information on a full range of Food Science at lowa Slate Uni
industrial uses for com, versity, Ames lowa. “Because a
“This international scientific polymer is made completely of
meeting shows that our farmer- lactic acid, it can be a totally
leaders continue to set the pace as degradable material. For example.
Agriculture’s Innovators in deve- polylactic acid has been used to
loping new markets,” said Pete make surgical sutures for many
Wenstrand, NCGA president and years. In that application, the
farmer from Essex, lowa. “We material has proven to be 100 per
know that research in industrial cent degradable. The potential for
uses has a bright future for the applications is tremendous.”
nation’s com farmers.” Biodegradable products which
Food, seed, and industrial (FSI)
uses of com in the U.S. have
become a 1.6 billion bushel a year
market for com growers. Indust
rial use of com has grown by 600
million bushels in the past 10
years. NCGA expects FSI to reach
2.4 billion bushels by 2001. Etha
nol is a $1 billion market,
sweeteners a $1.5 billion market.
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incorporate cornstarch will be the
subject of another CUC V session,
chaired by J.L. Willett of the
USDA-ARS research lab, Peoria,
111.
“We will hear about major
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Pa. Farmers Urged To Sign Up
For Soybean Contest
SALISBURY, Md. Pennsyl
vania soybean growers are being
encouraged to participate in the
1994 Pennsylvania Soybean Yield
Contest sponsored by the Pennsyl
vania Soybean Promotion Board.
In 1993, the first year of the
competition, Wilson Hoffman, a
Berks County producer, won the
first place trophy. His three-acre
contest block, planted to DeKalb
seed, produced 74.8 bushels an
acre.
John Yocum, Penn State senior
research associate stationed at the
Lancaster research center, is con
test coordinator.
Contest rules and entry forms
may be obtained by writing him at
P.O. Box 308, Landisvillc, PA
17538.
The purpose of the competition,
according to Yocum, is “to em
phasize and demonstrate the prac-
liccs necessary to produce maxi
mum economic yields and to en
courage the production of
high-quality soybeans.”
The competition is open to any
Pennsylvania farmer who grows
five or more acres of soybeans
within the state’s boundaries. The
contest will be restricted to nonir
rigated soybeans but there will be
no restrictions on varieties, fertili
zation, row spacing, or other cul
tural practices.
Farmcrs arc asked to enlist the
help of an independent “designat
ed representative,” such as their ag
agent, to measure the contest
block, supervise the harvest, and
measure the yield.
Farmers are asked to file with
Yocum a notice of intent to parti
cipate no later than Aug. 15.
In addition to the yield cham
pion, farmers coming in second
and third also will receive trophies
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sion will allow researchers and
entrepreneurs to bring details of
everything from the newest scien
tific processes to the latest retail
products to some of the most
aggressive and innovative think
ers in the Held.
“NCG A will push the outer lim
its of these markets in 1994” said
Wenstrand. “Our utilization prog
rams have been immensely suc
cessful to date, CUC V will be no
exception.”
and all contestants who log yields
of 60 bushels an acre or better will
receive engraved plaques award
ing them membership m the
60-Bushel Club.
In 1993, about 50 farmers re
quested entry forms but only 17
participated in the competition,
probably because of the poor har
vest conditions which developed
during the summer and into the
fall.
Yocum and the members of the
Pennsylvania Soybean Promotion
Board are hoping to expand parti
cipation this year.
Second place winner in 1993
was Samuel M. Conley of Lancas
ter County with a yield of 71.4
bushels an acre. Charles Chilcoat
of York County was third with a
yield of 69.4 bushels.
The average of the 17 entries
was 58.4 bushels an acre.
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