Page 24-Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 10, 1998 EDGEWATER, Md. - In June, the Maryland Grain Producers Association (MGPA) hosted a press event to welcome the Ethanol Vehicle Challenge teams from 14 competing universities and colleges nationwide. The challenge —sponsored by the General Motors, US Department of Energy (DOE), and Natural Resources Canada hopes to spur auto motive technology toward clean, renewable fuel. The goals of the challenge Free Bag Of Seed Corn For Corn Growers With 3-Year Membership QUARRYVILLE (Lancas ter Co.) The Pennsylvania Master Com Growers Associa tion (PMCGA) is conducting a Membership Incentive Pro gram (MIP) in conjunction with a number of seed com companies. The MIP with seed com company sponsorship will enti tle any com grower who plants at least five acres of com to a free bag of seed com (standard size) with a three-year mem bership in PMCGA/NCGA. This program applies to all three-year memberships, new t Pennsylvania Master Corn Growers Association & National Corn Growers Association lembership Application Name Farm Name Address r/State/Zii Courv Phone Farm Acres New Member or Renewal, PMCGA and NCGA dues for one year: $3O Speciall Three years for $75! Make checks payable to' PMCGA Send to. PMCGA P O. Box 304 State College. PA 16804 Try Something Ntwll Growers who harvest more than 5 acres of com each year and sign up for a least three year membership quality to recieve a free unit of seed com of their choice from the participating seed company listed below Please indicate your choice if you qualify: Seedway NC+ Hybrids Mycogan _Agnpro Ooablar'a Pa. Hybndt Inc. Dekalb Geoetica Agway Chemgro Pioneer Hi-bred Inti. Hoftman/Novartis Seeds MGPA Welcomes Challenge Event are three-fold, according to Bob Larsen of Argonne National Laboratory and pro ject coordinator for the event. "We're trying to attack tech nology barriers that prevent dedicated ethanol vehicles from competing with conven tional automotive technolo gies. We're training automo tive engineers that will be the future of this industry. Technology is worthless with out those who know how to use it. And finally, we're rais ing visibility of ethanol as a or renewal. To participate, complete the membership form and select the brand of seed com you would like to try. The theme of the program is “Try Something New.” PMCGA hopes you will use this opportunity to experiment and not just get a bag of free seed com. You will receive a certificate from PMCGA for a free bag of seed com from the company you selected. You will make the final decision about which hybrid to receive in consulta tion with the local seed com dealer for the company you se- Com Acres <m> <§g) <HD djg> <gsj> <H§) m GSI Grain Bins Grain Dryers Elevators <H§) (HD (fsi) <§sj> <gg> (HD <HD dig) <Hg> <HD Augers affordable quality from CByll From Wcstfiela SONES GRAIN SYSTEMS |9| and Hutchison :ssf clean alternative fuel." The State of Maryland has operated EB5 85 percent ethanol, 15 gasoline) flexible fueled vehicle (FFVs) since last year. FFVs can operate on any combination of ethanol up to 85 percent or gasoline. The EB5 FFVs were pur chased by federal and state agencies to comply with the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPACT). Charles "Jamie" Jamison, on behalf of the MGPA, indi cated that the association is lected. PMCGA member benefits include Corn Talk, Com Farm er (a successful farming maga zine), Pennsylvania five-acre Cora Club, copies of the “PA Commercial Cora Hybrid Test Results,” National Com Grow ers Association updates, An nual Pennsylvania Crops Con ference, and a strong voice in issues facing com growers. Ethanol Tax Incentive To Benefit Producers WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congress in last week's pas producers and consumers sage of the highway bill," said alike will benefit from Toms Buis, NFU vice presi- Congress' decision to extend dent of government relations, tax incentives to blenders of "This is extremely good news ethanol through 2007, for grain producers and for according to National rural communities that make Farmers Union (NFU). ethanol." "NFU is extremely pleased The final bill, which with the strong support for included the ethanol tax ethanol tax incentives incentive language, passed in c-monstrated by members of May by a 297-86 margin in (GSI) (@) (§§) <m> <@> <§§> S 4 * i Muncy, pa .(717)584*2282 See Us At Ag Progress Days On West sth committed to placing refuel ing infrastructure where ade quate vehicles are stationed. "We need the cooperative of the state to place sufficient vehicles into a refueling area to justify Maryland's first EB5 station. We hope to open a EB5 station in the state by the end of the year." Maryland agriculture has benefited from the national fuel ethanol program since its inception in the early '7os, according to Pat McMillian, director of Intergovernmental relations for the Maryland Department of Agriculture. "Com sold to produce ethanol in the Midwest raises the price of corn sold in Maryland by $0.45 per bushel. On aver age, we sell 45 million bushes of corn per year. This equates to about $2O million annually for the state," said McMillan. He also thanked the students for contributing technology to help America meets its ener- '-.•I 1 -, m iw\ }h 1 w ' (DOIM mi IfIWS PENNSYLVANIA MASTER CORN GROWERS ASSOC., INC. <HID \ V- gy goals. The competition, which began at the General Motors Proving Grounds in Milford, Mich., ended as the motor cade arrived at the nation's capitol for the DOE Clean Cities Conference. During an awards banquet held in the Cannon House ' Office Building on Capitol Hill, the following awards were pre sented: Ist place - Wayne State University, Michigan, 2nd place - university of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 3rd place - University of Illinois, Chicago, 4th place - University of California, Riverside, sth place Cedarville College, Ohio, and 6th place - Illinois Institute of Technology. For more information about the Ethanol Vehicle Challenge or ethanol in Maryland, call the Maryland Grain Producers Association at (410) 956-5771. the House and by a 88-5 mar gin in the Senate, it extends the ethanol blenders tax incentive-currently at 5.4 cents per gallon-through 2007, reducing it to 5.1 cents per gallon by 2005. President Bill Clinton has said he will sign the bill. (Hg) (|si) (gsi) Bucket Elevators From GSI Lampton Hance Stirring Machines (|SS|) and pr Grain Cleaners CI»SP from Sukup /gns\ and DMC <HD <H§) <Hg> <Hg) <HD <sB> <§§) <m> <§?d <m> <H§) <§g> <!?1P
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