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NCGA Research and Business Development Rolls Out Corn Products Guide
Online Database Part of New Technology & Commercial Development Center
February
20, 2003
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Contact:
Mimi Ricketts, NCGA, 636-733-9004
(ST.
LOUIS) February 20, 2003--The days of searching long and hard for products
made from corn are coming to an end. The National Corn Growers Association
(NCGA) Research and Business Development Action Team today announced
it is rolling out a comprehensive database of products made from corn.
Looking for building
materials made from corn? Or maybe it's corn-based adhesives and binders
you're after. With the click of a mouse, nearly 600 non-food and non-feed
products made from corn can be accessed through the Corn-Based Products
Guide.
The guide will go live at www.ncga.com on Feb. 27 at the Commodity Classic,
the joint tradeshow and convention of NCGA and the American Soybean
Association, in Charlotte, N.C., and is part of a larger initiative
by the NCGA Research and Business Development Action Team of providing
new markets for corn and corn-derived products. That initiative includes
the Technology and Commercial Development Center (TCDC), an online resource
to growers containing tools such as the Corn-Based Products Guide.
"NCGA has been
instrumental in the development of new uses for corn through value-added
initiatives," said Research and Business Development Action Team
Chairman Gary Davis. "The TCDC is an effort to promote value-added
agriculture and look at innovative ways to increase the market for corn,
and the Corn-Based Products Guide is the first resource available in
the TCDC.
"Ultimately,
our goal is to develop commercial business prospects to increase the
opportunity for grower profits and we see the TCDC as a catalyst towards
that goal," Davis said.
The guide is a resource
for consumers and companies interested in purchasing or producing corn-based
consumer and industrial goods. The user-friendly database can be searched
by product application, supplier or general category. Some examples
of products found in the guide include housewares such as pillows and
comforters; food service items such as plates and cups; kitty litter;
cleaning products; industrial solvents; de-icers; industrial starches,
sweeteners, and more.
"Using products
made from renewable, U.S. grown resources is important to America's
energy security and environment," Davis said, "and NCGA is
pleased to put out what we believe is the most comprehensive corn-based
products database available.
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The National Corn
Growers Association mission is to create and increase opportunities
for corn growers in a changing world and to enhance corn's profitability
and usage. NCGA represents more than 32,000 members, 25 affiliated state
corn grower organizations and hundreds of thousands of growers who contribute
to state checkoff programs.
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