Page 10-Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 25, 1997 Science , Opinion Studies Cite New Ethanol Information ST. LOUIS. Mo. Two new studies one regarding ethanol’s role in reducing air pollution, and the other on the general public’s attitude to ward providing tax incentives for ehtanol reveal wide spread satisfaction in the re newable fuel. The scientific report, con ducted by California-based Systems Applications Interna tional, shows the use of oxy genated fuels such as those blended with ethanol results in notable reductions of carbon monoxide. Last year, a Nation al Research Council study en couraged additional conclusive evidence regarding the impact of oxygenated fuels on reduc ing pollutants. “This new information is important to the nation’s com growers because of ethanol’s role in winter oxygenated fuel programs,” said Wallie Hardie, president of the National Com Growers Association (NCGA). 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The survey, “America Speaks Out on Ener gy; A Survey of 1996 Post- Election Views,” found that more than 80 percent of voters prefer redirecting current federal lax policies to encour-' age the use of domestically produced renewable fuels. Specifically, the poll found that 71 percent of voters support continuing the federal 5.4-cent‘ per gallon excise tax incentive for ethanol-blended fuels. “These numbers indicate Americans want to kick the habit of being addicted to im ported foreign oil and also want to reduce air pollution," Hardie said. “We hope law makers on Capitol Hill take a long, hard look at these num bers when they consider new tax policy this year.” U.S. Rep. Bill Archer (R- Texas), chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee, has already indicated elimina tion of the ethanol tax incentive is one of his top priorities. A similar effort by Archer in 1995 failed. 27 To 40 By 2002! ST. LOUIS. Mo. The com industry set an ambitious goal. Cora grower? and rep resentatives of different parts of the com industry developed a shared vision that* strives to realize a $4O billion market value for com at the farm gate by the year 2002. Last year’s 7.3 billion bushel com crop was worth about $27 billion. If the most recent esti mate from the U.S. Department of Agriculture holds through this year’s harvest, the 1996 com crop could be worth more than $3O billion to corn growers. Wallie Hardie, president of the National Com Growers Association (NCGA), believes the Com Industry Vision is aggressive. “The vision is for midable, but achieveable,” he said. Hardie, a Fairmount, N.D. farmer, along with Everett Nordine, an Albert City, lowa fanner who serves as chairman of the National Cora Develop ment Foundation (NCDF), helped lead a “Cora Sector Vision Task Force” that spent almost half a year.developing a list of assumptions about the ire. The assumptions helped the group to develop the »m industry vision. “The 40 billion level can be .hed in several ways,” Nor ! said. “We can increase land. We can also add value iur product in current mar by using new technology 1996 Penn State Corn Test New Entries Zone 3 Chemgro 7036 2nd Place 195.6 bu. Zone 4 Chemgro 7343 2nd Place 197.4 bu. AUEKIABA eeene PO Box 218, East Petersburg, PA 17520 UfICMIiHU gcEUg 717-569-3296 • 800-346-4769 (GROW) and developing new uses for com.” The beef, dairy, pork and poultry industries far out distance any other competitors for U.S. com, both here and abroad. But food, seed and industrial use for the nation's top crop has grown steadily in recent years, thanks in part to tenacious research and promo tion efforts of state com grower associations, promotion coun cils and marketing boards. “The idea behind the vision is to increase our advantage, not to sit tight and maintain, or lose, the market share we’ve got,” Hardie said. The process of establishing the vision is part of the larger “Global Positioning Com: New Thinking for a New Age,” process. Leaders of the NCGA and NCDF want to establish a long range, strategic plan for the organizations. The process • Results: Zone 4 Chemgro 7796 Ist in tons of dry matter TWo-Year Average Zone 4 Chemgro 7796 3rd Place 181.4 bu. entered its second phase last summer with the formation of a Strategic Planning Task Force. “A business or association every so often has to take a look in the minor and see where it has been, where it’s going, and where it wants to get to,” said Bob Fox, NCGA director from Minnesota. Fox and Ron McCartney, and NCGA director from lowa, served on both the Vision Task Force and the Strategic Plan ning Task Force. Both are com growers. “We’re kind of on top of the heap right now already, but there’s still so much more potential there,” McCartney said. “We tend to sit back on our heels and wait for things to respond. We don’t want to do that. A successful organization is going to be out front steering the boat.” Silage
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