Page 18—Com Talk, Lancaster Farming,
Saturday, March 18, 1995
New Uses ,
Ideas At
Fresh
Corn
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—New com-based
products and fresh farm policy ideas were
rolled out here during the National Com
Growers Association’s (NCGA) Com
Classic, where nearly 2,300 com farmers
from across the country' assembled.
NCGA President and Shelton, Neb. far
mer Rod Gangwish noted the farm bill is
one of the major issues receiving attention
from voting delegates during the resolu
tions process.
State representatives discussed the con
cept of a whole farm base, extending the
current nine-month loan, continuing the
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and
the Farmer Owned Reserve (FOR), and
establishing multiyear, paid programs
rather than the current Acreage Reduction
Program (ARP).
Gangwish said ethanol will also remain
a key focus for NCGA. “Ethanol continues
to be one of our fastest growing and most
dynamic markets,” he said. “We have
every right to be optimistic. Ethanol is the
nation’s only domestically produced,
renewable liquid fuel. It will continue to
play an important role in the energy future
of the United States and the economic
well-being of rural America.”
Gangwish says ethanol’s future is also
bright because of its versatile use in other
products. Ethanol is the center for both of
the new com-based products made public
today. Aquinas Technologies Group, Inc-.,
St. Louis, Mo. unveiled America’s Solu
tion (TM), a windshield washer fluid made
from ethanol.
The product will appear on Kmart
shelves in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Des
Moines beginning March IS. with a com
plete national roll-out program to be com
pleted by fall. Aquinas worked closely
with NCGA and the Alternative Agricul
ture Research and Commercialization
Center (AARC) in developing and com
mercializing the product.
Ford Motor Company introduced its
1996 Ford Taurus Flexible Fuel Vehicle
(FFV) as well. The new FFV will have the
capability of operating on E-85, a blend of
85 percent ethanol and IS percent gasoline.
The technology also allows the vehicle to
run on traditional unleaded gasoline, or
any combination of the two fuels.
During the General Session, NCGA
President Gangwish applauded com grow
er efforts to add value to com and build
new industrial markets, such as ethanol.
He urged farmers to prepare for any situa
tion in telling agriculture’s story.
“You need to get to know your Seniors’
and Representatives’ names and staff,
know our story and get our message out in
rural America,” he said.
NCGA Chief Executive Officer Chris
Wehrman addressed General Session par
ticipants about ethanol. She stressed to
growers that NCGA will remain at the
forefront of the ongoing dispute over re
formulated gasoline (RFG).
“Ethanol blends are not the problem.
Ethanol performs will without consumer
complains,” she said. “RFG should not be
suspended. It is an effective program, and
we should continue to work together in a
cooperative manner.”
General session attendees also heard
from keynote speaker and Football Hall of
Famer Terry Bradshaw and Tennessee
Commissioner of Agriculture Dan Wheel
er. The general session was sponsored by
DowElanco.
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