Page 26-Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 24, 1998 \ LINDA WILLIAMS Bedford Co. Correspondent We all eat com as a vege table, popped, on the cob, in soup, or in fritters. We fry in com oil, sweeten with com syrup, and com starch is used to thicken pud dings. Read the labels of vari ous food items in the grocery store and you will find that most contain com. Other somewhat unexpected uses for com are fireworks, crayons, aspirin, chewing gum, candles, ceramics, inks, soaps, and for theatrical make-up. These are only a few of the several hundred listed by the Illinois Com Marketing Board. There are other uses for com still in the developing stages. According to the Illinois Com Marketing Board, a new material in which to pack ma terials that might break in the mail or with rough handling is called “eco-foam.” This is a combination of more than 95 percent com starch and a small amount of synthetic additive. Eco-foam will not harm the environment. You can reuse it, put it on a compost pile, or flush down the toilet. Or how about a fun word to say “SuperSlurper,” some times called “Hydosoib.” SuperSlurper is used in the blue plastic reusable ice packs most people keep in their freez ers for a picnic or to place on a bruised muscle. WASHINGTON, DC. - The NCGAwas among 10 commodity organizations meeting in Washington Dec. 2-3 to discuss major issues which will be addressed in the upcoming ses sion of Congress. NCGA representa tives incl-uded President Ryland Utlaut; executive vice president, CEO Chris Wehrman, and vice president, public poli cy, Bruce Knight. “NCGA’s participa tion in this meeting helped reinforce the Corn Growers’ view point on these and other important issues,” said Wehrman. “The most critical issues addressed are the need for Presidential Fast Track authority to allow com to contin ue to move into world markets, as well as Congressional support of research and energy issues with a particu lar focus on ethanol.” She added that teamwork among com modity organizations is critical to cooperate on major agricultural issues and to gain per spective with one another on these issues of mutual inter est.” This unusual com product can actually absorb up to 2,000 time its weight in water and is used to keep underground stor age tanks dry. SuperSlurper can keep the wounds of bum victims dry so they can heal faster. Even baby diapers can in clude corn-based SuperSlutp cr. “Salting” the roads on an icy winter night is usually done with chloride salt. An environ mentally safer alternative is calcium-magnesium acetate, which is now made from pe troleum. However, scientists are looking into making this product from com, which re duces the price by about $250 per ton. And still, more research is _ , . /XT „, 7 „, being done on making butanol Contest (NCYC) from com which should be pm- , To corn farmers, the CYC duccd at 34 percent less than 18 a””" 81 .equivalmt to the present oil based butanol. participat.rtg rn the World Butanol is used in plastt- Senes, the Super Bowl, or the clsers, resins, lacquers, food Stanley Cup. The corn yrdd extraction, and brake fluids. ! ntnes tabulated from the P Ph* farmers who took first, sec 'Thrtera ™ .anneal rrctrc for on d and third plaCB in the Those arc unusual uses for , . . r - com. but there are also strange P [, P ular “"test ranged from uses for com cobs. a n tmpressrve 215 bushes per Ground up com cobs are ac r ? , t 0 a whoppmg 334 used to heat muscles in order bushels per acre. for physical therapy to be more These . a . r . e „ 80m , e ‘™ . y amazing yields, said NCGA . .. ‘ .. . President Ryland Utlaut, a Inside a machine, minute } e n , narticles of com cob are heated corn grower from Grand panicles ot com coo are neateo p Mo « F ing is an and swrrted abour the mjured occu ’ ation that really body part “It rs much more ef- dem a nds a lot of sU| and fecnve than usmg any otiter time|iness of oparation , and NC GA In Commodity Roundtable Meeting An added benefit, she con- Administration and Congress eluded, “was the opportunity to and get a look ahead to what the meet with key staff within the next session will hold.” Start Here... for value-added service CORN PLANTER PRE-SEASON SERVICE SPECIAL This spring, you’ll have corn planting confidence if you have your planter units 1 [ computer-tested now. 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The same product and al- At present, each kernel of most the same process is also 00111 has the potential to grow used by jewelers to clean and 811 car containing nearly 800 shine jeweliy kernels, and a single acre of ’ .As Mary Eubanks wrote in a land can produce more than 13 Other uses for com cobs m- recen t article in “Discover” million kernels of com. With elude kitty litter and as an anti- magazine in which she traces the increasing productive capa skid material. the roots of com, “Com is an bility of our nation’s farmers, Is it any wonder there is con- incredible puzzle, and the stoiy the number of new uses for cem over the disappearing 18 J ust unfolding. com is only limited by imagin farm lands? Studying the history of com ation. NCGA Announces Contest Winners ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The the people who have obtained National Corn Growers these yields certainly demon- Association (NCGA) has strate those characteristics." announced com farmers from Utlaut noted that the 13 states took top honors in range of yields reflects the the 1997 National Corn Yield variation in yields experi- .JOHN DEEMS Larry Breech, newly elected vice president of the Pennsyl vania Fanner’s Union, said, “Com is very important and we need to be doing more research cm developing heartier strains.’’ enced by farmers throughout the nation. "Rains were quite spotty everywhere, and that showed up in our yields," he said. Winners of this year's con test will be recognized at the annual Commodity Classic, the combined convention and trade show of the NCGA and American Soybean Association, Feb. 22-24, in Long Beach, Calif. Along with national recognition, winners receive significant prizes from participating seed and crop protection companies. Contest participants also improve their operations by getting a unique opportunity to compare their own proven com production capabilities with other farmers in their state and across the country. The NCYC's goal is to edu cate farmers on improving ©(DIM TPMJK NlW§ PENNSYLVANIA MASTER CORN GROWERS ASSOC., INC. their methods of production to increase profitability while addressing environmental concerns. More than 3,200 farmers participated in this year's contest. Following are class descriptions; Class AA States; This class combines com growers from Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin. Class A States: The 41 continental U.S. states not included in the list of AA states. The winners according to the contest class and agro nomic practices are: A Non-Irrigated Class 1. JM Souza Farms Inc., Lodi, CA-271.4 bu/acre - Pioneer 33R87 2. Wittier Farms Inc., Talmage, NE-261.0 bu/acre - Pioneer 3237 3. J.M. Souza Farms Inc., Lodi, CA-260.8 bu/acre - Pioneer 3162 (Turn to Pago 2S)
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