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Magician Rick Wilcoxperfonns a trick for

expo attendees whileextolling the value ofthe National Soybean

Checkoff Program.

Soybean promotion remains ASA's role

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Getting the message OUI aboutAmerican Soybean Associa-tion's (ASA) "new" identity

and explaining its working relation-ship with the United Soybean Board(USB) dominated Soybean Expo '93,ASA's annual convention and tradeshow held in Denver, Colorado, July3D-Aug. 2.

"My year as ASA president hasbeen filled with vast challenges, toughchoices and basic change," SteveYoder, a soybean grower from Florida,told attendees as he alluded to a yearin which ASA cut staff, eliminated itsWashington, D.C., office and sold itsSoybean Digest magazine. Yodercompared ASA's new dual role as acontractor and membership organiza-tion to "a little like taking an after-noon drive in an unknown countrywithout a map."

Yoder and other ASA officials,however, said changes have strength-ened the association. For instance,ASA has hired Gordley Associates torepresent the association in Washing-ton. Because Gordie)' Associates alsorepresents a number of other oilseedand oil processing interests, ASA offi-cials said this has led to cooperativeefforts on various issues, includingpressuring the Department of Trans-portation 10 drop its plan to classifyvegetable oils as hazardous materialsin transport.

During 1993 ASA sold its SoybeanDigest magazine to K-m Communica-tions Corporation. In doing so, it

ASA funding from the U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture's Foreign Agri-cultural Service (FAS) for soybeanpromotion, meanwhile, will drop to$8.8 million, down from $10.9 millionthe previous year.

Unveiling a new logo for ASA,Diedrich said, "It is appropriate tocrystallize what's behind the newASA in a new symbol. We are becom-ing, in essence, a new and revitalizedorganization." The logo, which is pre-dominantly green, includes a portionof a soybean with a golden-brownhilum. Issues that ASA currently isworking on include legislation torequire use of soy ink to prim federaldocuments and to promote biodieselfrom soybeans as an environmentallyfriendly fuel alternative, as well as tourge successful completion of theUruguay Round of the General Agree-ment on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)and the North American Free TradeAgreement.

Next year ASA will hold its 1994convention July 29-31 in Kansas City.

arranged with the new publisher tocreate a two-page section-ASA BeanBeat-s-devoted [Q ASA news and toset up an editorial advisory board.Officials said proceeds from the salehave provided capital to expand mem-bership services.

Convincing growers of the impor-tance of continuing the NationalSoybean Checkoff Program will bethe biggest challenge in the comingmonths, according to incoming ASAPresident Larry Diedrich of SouthDakota. "Producers have seen thecost of the checkoff, but they don'tknow what they've bought. We haveto take that message back home," hesaid.

A referendum on whether to con-tinue the national checkoff must beheld by July 9, 1994. USB officials,who administer the checkoff funds,said the referendum may be held dur-ing March, Mayor June. Originalplans were to hold the referendum inMarch, but this is being reconsidereddue to flooding in the Midwest,drought in the Southeast and the threatof frost damage to crops planted laterthan normal in the season, accordingto David Thomas, USB's chief execu-tive officer.

ASA will continue as USB's pri-mary contractor in the areas of promo-tion, industry information, consumerinformation and research for the 1994fiscal year. USB has allocated $18.9million for these projects. compared to$19.4 million the previous fiscal year.

New industrial usesIndustrial uses for soybeans discussedat this year's convention includedbiodegradable soy plastics, soybean-based composite material that lookslike granite but handles likehardwood, and soy biodiesel as analternative fuel.

Jay-Lin Jane described work atIowa State Univerairy's Center forCrop Utilization Research (CCUR) to

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make biodegradable plastics using soyprotein and com starch for such itemsas eating utensils and golf tees. NotonJy would such plastics biodegradebut the used eating utensils potentiallyalso could be collected from fast-foodestablishments and processed into ani-mal feed.

Funding for developing thebiodegradable plastic has been provid-ed by the USB, Iowa Soybean Promo-tion Board and the Iowa Departmentof Economic Development. CCURresearchers now are seeking fundingfor testing animal feed containing thismaterial.

In addition, Scott Taylor of PhenixComposites reported on that compa-ny's commercial development of Env-iron (formerly called New Stone}-abuilding material made from usednewspapers and soybeans. "Environ ismade up of 45% soybean flour, 45%used newspapers and 10% color and

"This material can be either stiffor very flexible," Taylor said. PhenixComposites was given a USB grantto start the project, and the companyreceived $1 million from the Alter-native Agricultural Research andCommercialization Center (AARC),which Phenix has used to buy equip-ment for start-up. By 1997, as manyas 280.000 bushels of soybeans andII million pounds of newspaperscould be used to produce Environ.Taylor said.

Speaking on the potential for alter-native fuels. John Rosania, supervisorof maintenance training for Connecti-cut's mass transit system, noted thaihis headquarters is conductingdynamometer testing of soy biodieselas well as compressed natural gas andliquid natural gas. "Probably plaindiesel is not going to meet air (quali-

LatTy Diedrich,199~1994 ASApresident, outlines ASA'. ~I. for thecomlngyur.

mystery ingredients." Taylor said. not-ing that the used newspapers don'trequire deinking. Potential marketsinclude picture frames, furniture andflooring materials. (continued on page /183)

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(continued/rom page 1181) Specially oilsMeanwhile, Pioneer Hi-Bred lntema-tional Inc. gave sample bonlee ofexperimental reduced-saturate soy-bean oil to farmers and members ofthe media. The oil, produced fromPioneer-brand soybeans, contains lessthan 7% saturated fat, about half thesaturated fat in oil from conventional

ty) standards down the road, and thisis why states like Connecticut arelooking at alternatives," Rosania said.

Soybean Expo shuttle buses inDenver were powered by soybiodiesel under sponsorship of AGProcessing Inc.

soybeans and equal to canola oil.Pioneer was licensed in 1990 by

Iowa State University to developlow-saturate soybeans for commer-cialization. "We are still in the testingphase, but the lines look very promis-ing both from their agronomic traitsand from the saturate levels of theoil," according to James Miller, Pio-

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neer's director of soybean research.Nick Frey, director of food prod-

ucts for Pioneer's Specialty PlantProducts Division. said this and otherspecialty soybean oils are being testedby Kraft Food Ingredients for use in avariety of food products. Pioneerspokesmen predicted the specialty oilsbusiness will involve vertical coopera-tion (such as Pioneer's agreementwith Kraft Food Ingredients andNational Sun Industries 10 produceand market high-oleic sunflower oil)vs. vertical integration.

Pioneer also is working on low-linolenic (3%), low-saturate soybeans.bUI this combination is two yearsbehind the development stage or thesoybeans with low-saturate con lent,Miller said. Although an experimentalvariety of the low-saturate soybeansmay be commercially available in1994. "it will require pull-through byfood companies before there will becommercial plantings:' Miller said.

In addition, Pioneer is working onhigh-stearic and high-palmitic soy-beans, high-oleic sunftower. high-oleic/low-stearic sunflower, high-Oleiccanola and low-linolenic canola.

Speaking on the outlook for soy-bean oil. consultant Don Banks notedthat efforts to create soybean oils withreduced saturate content. reducedlinolenate and higher monounsaturatecontent will offer more marketingopportunities.

Although soy oil is the major oilconsumed in me United States. sur-veys show that nutritionists. dietitiansand medical doctors are less aware ofsoy oil than they are of olive, canola,

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com or safflower oils. "We take forgranted that everyone knows aboutsoy oil," Banks said, adding, "Healthand nutrition issues are going to drivethe vegetable oil markets."

Oil that is more resistant 10 oxida-tion-with improved fatty acid com-position. lipoxygenase removal andincreased natural antioxidants-iscoming. Industry. he said. is alreadylaking the lead to improve the fattyacid composition of soybean oil toimprove flavor.

International marketsSpeakers on international markets forsoy noted the increasing competitionror markets and continued importanceof expanding the use of soybeans andsoybean products.

"The key question is much morethan who can produce soybeanscheaper but who can market a qualityproduct cheaper to foreign cus-tomers," according to Lee Mears.director of the Oilseeds and ProductsDivision of the FAS.

The 301 trade case against Europe.resulting in the Blair House agreementlast November. means the EuropeanCommunity (Eq must reduce domes-ric supports for its oilseed farmers ifEC oilseed plantings exceed set levels.This should reverse the growth of ECdomestic oilseed production, Mearssaid. FAS is studying what would hap-pen if trade barriers were eliminated,thus creating a level playing field."You are going to hear a 101 moreabout this term. It should pay largedividends for the U.S. soybean indus-try eventually," he added.

Stan Cohen, also of FAS' Oilseedsand Products Division, described thepartnership between FAS and ASA topromote soybean and soybean productexports. Key areas to promote soyusage include such countries as Mexi-co, Venezuela, Colombia, Egypt.Nigeria, South Africa, Malaysia,Indonesia, Thailand, China and Rus-sia, where per capita spending isincreasing.

Joe Zak. ASA's West Europeandirector, noted that Western Europeuses more soybean meal than anyother part of the world. Despite grow-ing competition. soybean oil still isthe leading vegetable oil consumed inthe world. Promotion efforts for soy-bean oil consumption are underway in70 countries.

Speaking on the Asian market, GilGriffis. ASA director for Asia, notedthat Asia is a growing market for soy-beans but there is a lot of competition.ASA's role has been 10 create. main-tain and expand markets there. WithFAS funding decreasing by 15% infiscal year 1994. checkoff support iseven more important to keep andexpand markets in Asia, Griffis said,noting that ASA plans to expand itstechnical support and to open a repre-sentative office in Thailand during theyear.

To maintain markets in Japan,however, the United Slates also mustimprove the quality of its soybeans tocompete better, "The Japanese are nothappy with the quality of our beans,"Griffis said, noting that soybeans fromBrazil still contain more protein andoil and less foreign material tban thosepurchased from the United States.

Anderson facilityto be built in ChinaAnderson International Corp. has solda SuperSoy soybean processing plantto Liaohe Chemical Complex in Pan-jin City, Liaoning Province. China.

The SuperSoy proc::essing line is adry extruder system using an expellerpress. The plant will be designed 10process 50 Ions per day of soybeans 10produce animal feed and edible oil.according to Joe Frey. product line

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manager for Anderson International.This will be the first plant in Chinausing the SuperSoy system, Frey said.

Australia may revisefood-labeling rulesAustralia's National Food Authorityhas proposed changes to its FoodStandards Code which would requirefull nutrition labeling on foods forwhich nutrient claims are to be madein advertising.

The code, if approved, would gov-ern claims regarding fat. cholesterol.sugars. fiber, salt and sodium, accord-ing to a report published in the July 15,1993, issue of Food Labeling News.

Under the proposal, claims forreduced fat. lower fat or less fat couldbe used if total fat represents 75% orless of the fat normally contained insuch a food. Low-fat or low-in-fatclaims would be restricted to foodscontaining no more than 3 grams totalfat per 100 grams of food nor morethan 1.5 grams total fat per 100 gramsof liquid food. Products could belabeled fat-free or no-fat if they con-tained no more than 0.2 grams total fatper 100 grams of food or O. I gramstotal fat per 100 grams of liquid food.

The term "low saturated fat" couldonly be used to describe fats. oils,margarine and table spreads or todescribe these ingredients when usedin another food. The proposal wouldnot allow the tenn "reduced saturatedfat" because it is potentially mislead-ing. The tenns "polyunsaturated" and"monounsaturated" could only beapplied to fats. oils, margarines andtable spreads, according to the report.

Brazil resumes tradingin soybean futuresTrading in soybean futures contractsresumed during mid-July on the Boardof Commodities and Futures in SaoPaulo. Brazil.

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fled as January, March, April, May,July. August. September and Novem-ber. Delivery points are Ponta Grossaand Paranagua in the state of Parana.

A U.S. Department of Agriculture(USDA) report from Sao Paulo said theproject manager, Felix Schouchana, hadsaid the board hopes to trade at least 20million metric tons volume annually.Other sources were cited as saying trad-ing volume would have to reach 40 mil-lion metric Ions-roughly twice currentBrazilian soybean production-to beviable and to attract South Americanhedging activity that has been donethrough the Chicago Board of Trade.Soybean futures were traded until 1983on the former Board of Commodities inSao Paulo, with 1983 volume of regis-tered trades reaching 1.5 million metricIons volume. Opening day volume inthe new contract totaled 2,250 metrictons, the USDA report said, with avalue of about $530,000.

Contract terms set soybean specifi-cations at 14% moisture and 1 %impurities.

AOAC Wiley Awardgoes to J.J. PestkaMichigan State University's James J.Pestka has received the AOAC inter-national's 1993 Harvey W. WileyAward recognizing outstanding contri-bution to analytical science.

Pestka was cited for his work in thedevelopment of enzyme-basedimmunoassays (ELISA) for mycorox-ins. The work led 10 development oftest kits for mycotoxi.ns in peanuts,cottonseed, milk and other agriculturalcommodities.

Agrotech announcesnew ventureAgrotech Inc., a recently fonned cor-poration. has announced plans to com-mercialize technology for convertingvegetable oil soapstocks into fattyacids and fertilizers.

The new "Daniels Fertilizee Pro-

cess" is described as a "zero-dis-charge" technology. AOCS membersRalph Daniels and Nicholas Pelickserve as president and vice president,respectively, for the new finn. Pehckis a former AOCS president. The finnholds worldwide rights to the process,but said its initial efforts will be inNorth America.

Agrotech's mailing address is P.O.Box 183, State College. PA 16804-0193 {phone: 814-383-4800; fax: 814-383-4355},

Fewer crushers,more volume in JapanDuring the decade from 1981 to 1991,the number of oilseed processing fac-tories in Japan declined to 116 from166 while oilseed processing capacityrose to 9.46 million metric tons(MMT) from 7.82 MMT.

The data were provided in a recentreport by Japan's Ministry of Agricul-ture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Actual quantity of oilseeds pro-cessed was 6.08 MMT in 1991, mean-ing that the industry operated at 65%of capacity in 1991. The report saidthe capacity utilization peaked in 1985and 1986 at approximately 73%. Pro-cessing volume in 1981 was 5.82MMT.

Total value of industry sales in1991 was ¥55 billion (about $525 mil-lion), with oils and fats accounting for¥38.2 billion; oil meals, ¥ 13.3; andother by-products, ¥2.9.

Apoliprotein A-IIcited in heart studyResearchers publishing results of astudy in the July 23, 1993, issue ofScience have concluded that both thecomposition and amount of plasmahigh-density lipoprotein (HDL)appear to be important determinants inatherosclerosis.

For the study, Aldons J. Lusis andcolleagues at Ihe University of Cali-fornia at Los Angeles overexpresseothe apolipoprotein A-fl component ofHDL in transgenic mice. Their find-

ings showed these mice were moresusceptible to atherosclerotic diseaseeven though they had more HDL thannormal mice.

In fact. fatty streak lesionsappeared in the transgenic micewhether they were fed a low-fat or ahigh-fat diet.

Normally, mice on low-fat diets donot accumulate fat-filled foam cellsalong vessel walls that lead to cloggedarteries, resulting in coronary arterydisease. Researchers in this study,however, found that the aortas of thetransgenic mice underwent buildupdespite high HDL, implying thatapolipoprolein A-II may cause dam-age and also may interfere with thebeneficial effects that have beenlinked with apolipoprotein A-I.

Paraguayan firmadding margarine lineWurster & Sanger, edible oil refiningdivision for the Crown organization,has announced signing of a contract toprovide complete hydrogenation andmargarine plants to Compania Algo-donera Paraguaya S.A. (CAPSA), theContinental Grain Company'sParaguayan subsidiary.

The contract covers design, pro-curement and start-up for a 27.5-tons-per-day batch hydrogenation plant,including retrofitting the existinghydrogenation plant into the newoperation.

Wurster & Sanger's food engineer-ing division will organize design, sup-ply and commission a continuous pro-duction line, including Crown'sChemetator scraped surface heatexchanger, for table and puff pastrymargarines and low-fat spreads. Thenew facilities are to be added atCAPSA's Capiata site.

Vitamins may notcut hreast cancer riskAn examination of data from theNurses' Health Study has failed toshow increased vitamin intake cutswomen's risk of breast cancer.

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"We found no evidence of a protec-tive influence of vitamin C or vitaminE on the incidence of breast cancer inthis prospective study. In contrast, weobserved a significant inverse essocta-lion of vitamin A intake with the riskof Ihis disease. However. our datasuggest that vitamin A supplementsare unlikely 10 influence the risk ofbreast cancer among women whosedietary intake of this vitamin isalready adequate," David J. Hunterand colleagues wrote in a report onthe study, published in the July 22.1993, issue of The New EnglandJournal a/Medicine.

Hunter and other researchers at theHarvard School of Public Health. Har-vard Medical School and Brigham andWomen's Hospital. all in Boston. alsonoted thai, overall, the use of multivi-tamins and specific vitamin supple-ments is not significantly associatedwith breast cancer.

Biotechnology marketsset to grow in JapanJapan's biotechnology market isexpected to rise to \1"3 trillion(approximately $28-30 billion) bythe year 2000 from its 11600 billionlevel of 1992, according to a reportfrom a government-appointed blueribbon panel. which included indus-try, academic and government spe-cialists.

The value of potential markets waslisted as approximately \1"1.5 trillion inmedicine; Yl trillion in food; \1"400 bil-lion in chemicals; \1"280 billion foragriculture and fisheries; and YlOO inenvironmental uses.

De Smet executivesdie in plane crashTwo De Smet Colombia executivesdied this past May in a plane crash 31

Medellin, Colombia.Jorge McAllister, manager director

for De Smet in that area, and AlvaroCortes. technical manager for DeSmet in Bogota, were killed in thecrash. Mr. McAllister had been with

De Smet since 1969, when he joinedthe firm's staff in Belgium. Hereturned to Colombia a few years laterto become managing director. Sur-vivors include his wife. Lucia: adaughter, Paula. and a son, Nicolas.

Mr. Cones had been with De SmetColombia since 1975. Survivorsinclude his wife, Martha, and threesons, Carlos, Miguel and Francisco.

"Both men were well-knownpersonalities of our industry. highlyregarded for their integrity and experi-ence." a De Smet statement from Bel-gium noted.

Business briefsApplied Engineering and Sciencehas appointed Tim Gura as process-ing engineering manager foragribusiness projects for the Atlanta,Georgia. firm. Guru formerly waswith Central Soya Co. Inc. andDeSmet Process and Technology.

srcn's board of directors duringSeptember.

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Jacobs Suchard. a subsidiary ofPhilip Morris, has acquired a 50%stake in Marsa Margarine Sanayi,Turkey's largest edible oils company.A subsidiary of Sabanci Holding,Marsa has business interests in edibleoils, margarine and bottled water.

Cargill Inc. broke ground in July fora $200 million com wet-milling facili-ty in Blair, Nebraska. Completion isplanned for July 1995. The facilitywill be designed to process 120,000bushels of corn per day to producefuel ethanol. sweeteners. com germ.carbon dioxide, com gluten feed andmeal.

Hershey foods Corporation hascompleted an agreement to purchasethe Italian confectionery business ofHeinz Italla S.p.A. The Italian finn'smain products are sugar confectioneryproducts.

Ralston Purina Co. announced dur-ing August that it is considering spin-ning off its cereal, baby food andother smaller grocery foods businessesinlO a free-standing company. Theproposal was 10 be reviewed by Ral-

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AOCS member Richard Zielinski ofVan den Bergh Foods Company wasinadvenently misidentified in the cap-tion for a photograph on page 780 ofthe July 1993 issue. Zielinski is theperson speaking with John Hasman.INFORM apologizes for the error.

AOCS member Cesar Kapseu, aCameroon citizen, notes that hisnation was nOI listed among those rep-resented at the joint meeting of the

AOCS and the Japan Oil Chemists'Society. Kapseu, who since hasreturned to Cameroon, attended themeeting while on temporary assign-ment at The Ohio State University inColumbus. Ohio. His registration formlisted a mailing address in Ohio, andthus our computers failed to list hishomeland when asked to generate alist of registrants by nations. •

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