International Journal for The Oilseeds Processing Industry
INSIDE • IOMSA & TSOMSA: "Let's Meet In Tucson”
• People and Places
Oilseed Output Update
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Telefax: + 46 8 5 3 0 395 82 >w?o e’ Me I Tucson In Meet Let’s much stronger when we work as a unit. aas work we ” when stronger much common good of good common our we associations, can not fail.I believe this joint meeting will most certainly confirm... that we that are this will certainly meeting confirm... most joint Frank "If remarked,McDonald we all for together thework TSOMSAofficers.of direction ovn a etn i te umr f 95 ne the under 1995 of summer the in meeting a convene assurances that and cooperation goals common would be extended and convention a joint conducting in benefitsinvolved and difficulties the out pointing intent, of letter the solvent to allow both organizations to interact smoothly. board of director. He was eloquent in his speech to the to speech hisin eloquent was He director. of board TSOMSA a become to office left he as solidify meeting Central TSOMSA, Barton, Richard the for president past OS mmesi Jn 2 i ofrn te TSOMSA the offering in 28 June membership IOMSA oa Idaaoi, nin, a te ln fr joint a for plans the saw Indiana, Indianapolis, Soya, goals and intent of the IOMSA and the TSOMSA. Immediate rsdn. urn TOS Peiet ens Easley, Dennis President TSOMSA Current president. of each have sought a way to test the compatibility of theof the of compatibility test each have away to sought hundreds of participants and their families. and of participants hundreds helping to coordinate the technical and social programs social and technical the coordinate to helping funded funded annual officerssummer conventions and directors offered offered any assistance which President Horsman needs in o te usn etn wih s xetd o attract to expected is which meeting Tucson the for . owl, ocrn Clfri srig s i vice his as serving California Corcoran, Boswell, G. Hundredth Anniversary Convention with Curtis Simone,J. board board of director’s recommendation to thepropose venture presided one and 1994 inIOMSA the by over presided hnlr Aioa wl ot n rsd oe te One- the over preside and host will Arizona,Chandler, ao Vle i il Ic, rewo, issip, has Mississippi, Greenwood, Inc.,Yazoo ValleyMill,Oil IOMSA.the to the approved unanimously members TSOMSA, the of 1995.TSOMSAthein over by endorsed by IOMSA officers to conduct a joint meeting a joint conduct to officers IOMSA by endorsed attending Members 29. June Missouri,Beach,Osage in n 94 a anucd t h mmesi business membership session the at the at ninety-ninth annual announced convention of was the 1994IOMSA in voted unanimously on a proposal from the TSOMSAthe fromand unanimously voted on a proposal of both organizations will attend one coordinated convention in Biloxi,TheyMississippi. have agreed to try it again at the ovnini Tco,Aioai 1994. Tucson,Arizonainin convention anniversary IOMSA one-hundredth the’s of celebration Mill Superintendents Association aconducted joint meeting Serving as the TSOMSA over the 1972,meeting injoint olwn te etn i Tco, oh rus will groups both Tucson, in meeting the Following Though both organizations are healthy and hold well- hold organizationshealthy and are Thoughboth atn osa, hcah Cto Ol Company, Oil Cotton Chickasha Horsman, Martin Earlier in the month at the sixty-eighth annual convention The intent to aconduct meeting where the membership (( nyto er ao h Itrainl i Mill Oil International Oil Tri-States the the and Superintendents ago Association years 3nty-two - V je * Editor PaulaKolmar A T S O S M IOMSA C onvention ‘93 AN EXCITING 99TH ANNUAL CONVENTION WAS ATTENDED BY PROCESSORS AND INDUSTRY SUPPLIERS AT THE TAN-TAR-A RESORT IN MISSOURI. CREDIT IS DUE IOMSA OFFICERS: (L- R) JEWELL AND RICHARD DYKES, SOCIAL CHAIRPERSONS; NANCY AND MARTIN HORSMAN, AUX. 1ST V.P. AND FIRST VICE PRESIDENT; BETH AND STEVE COOPER, AUX. PRES. AND PRESIDENT; AND JANET AND CURTIS SIMONE, AUX. 2ND V.P. AND SECOND VICE PRESIDENT. NOT PICTURED ARE KATHY AND STEVE GREGORY, IOMSA TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIRMAN. 9 9 th A nnual M eeting S ite T o p-N otch I he host site for the ninety-ninth annual Comments heard regarding the T echnical A genda O ne of the B est Ever I convention of the International Oil meeting site and the convention in general Technical program chairman Steve Mill Superintendents Association can be summed up as: extremely friendly Gregory, Chickasha Cotton Oil Company, complemented the excellent technical and helpful hotel staff, a lot of walking to was very pleased with the variety and program and well-planned social activities get where you are going, excellent round number of processor-turn-out at the with warm, clear weather, lakefront views of speakers and topics, hot, humid technical sessions. He designed the and a wide range of things to do during weather (this was remarked mostly from program to be broad in some topics and free time. northerners!), beautiful lake views, a specific in others and invited top speakers Steve Cooper, IOMSA president for wonderful range of things to see and do to address the group in each area. the convention, and Richard Dykes, on the resort, and topflight golf courses. The meeting opened Monday, June IOMSA convention social chairman, The convention attracted a large crowd 28, with a keynote address by Wilda arranged the technical program to begin of cottonseed and soybean processors Martinez, associate deputy administrator earlier and end earlier for participants to and a variety of major industry suppliers. for USDA-ARS Agriproducts and Human enjoy the immense offerings at Tan-Tar- Most brought spouses and families and Nutrition Sciences. Her presentation A, Lake of the Ozarks. And they did. several extended their stay overthe Fourth focused on the changes which will shape: Several groups rented boats or wave of July holidays. and modify operations at the farming anc runners for cruising around the large, meandering lake which was formed by two dams built on each end. Others were seen horsebackriding, parasailing, fishing, golfing and riding motorbikes around the miles of trails coursing through the resort. The other favorite activity, shopping, was well attended at the Factory Merchants Outlet mall up the road from Tan-Tar-A. Walking was a bit of an exercise in stamina with the temperature and humidity rising each day. Spread out over 425 acres of lakefront rooms and cabins, participants took advantage of the friendly, efficient shuttle service which brought them to and from the meeting rooms and social events at the main resort. SERVE ‘EM UP: JOHN KOORN (LEFT), LAIDIG INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENJOYS FOOD, DRINK AND CAMARADERIE DURING THE PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION WITH LES AND MARGE WATKINS, FPR&DC, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY. OIL MILL GAZETTEER / August, 1993 IOMSA C onvention ‘93 processing levels. Mrs. Martinez mentioned changes in government funding in farm subsidies, the regulatory environment, the abilityforU.S. operations to remain competitive in the global marketplace, the impact of the GATT and the NAFTA agreements which aim to encourage fair global trade, and the 1995 Farm Bill underthe Clinton Administration. Her advice to the group centered around the need to stay technically proficient and state-of-the-art and become politically savvy. The group swelled with spouses and guests to hear the presentation The Truth About Pesticides by Therese St. Peter. She pointed out many important factors “HOT ENOUGH FOR YOU?” A QUESTION OFT POSED DURING THE CONVENTION AND about pesticide usage by U.S. farmers QUERIED BY DWAYNE AND DEBRA ARLEDGE (LEFT), FROM THE HOT TEXAS CLIMATE, OF including a number of elements about the EGON AND ELO KELLER WHO CAME FROM GERMANYTO ATTEND THE MISSOURI MEETING. rigorous process a pesticide must go through before it is approved by the Environmental Protection Agency. She operations which create an efficient and Dr. Gay Jividen, the director of noted that the amount of testing, cost safe work environment. agricultural research at Cotton, Inc., involved and time lapse between testing Dr. Gawain Willis, Purina Mills, addressed the group’s concern and and approval is far greater than that placed presented a customer’s viewpoint on the interest in ongoing research on improving on pharmaceuticals by the FDA. Ms. St. importance of quality in service and cottonseed and its products. He stated Peter stated that the American people products. Quality and consistency is an that top on the list of current projects is the have a poor understanding of the impact edge in the processing business and is use of genetic engineering and pesticides of pesticides on the foods they eat and defined by the customer. Dr. Willis in eradicating pest damage. The immense have an even weaker concept of how its discussed how quality ingredients from financial destruction caused by pink usage enables U.S. farmers to be the processors enables production of a cost- bollworm infestation will come to an end in most efficient and productive agricultural effective, quality end-product from Purina the United States by the end of this decade, community in the world. Mills. predicted Dr. Jividen, primarily through Since most oilseed processing plants Closing Monday’s program, Martin the use of the Bt gene. Other research are 24-hour per day operations, the Horsman, engineering manager, focuses on the problem of developing presentation on managing round-the- Chickasha Cotton Oil, Chandler, Arizona, broadly consistent cottonseed oil and meal. clock organizations was applauded by presented a viewpoint on the issue of He noted research is in progress towards many in the audience as especially useful whether to delint cottonseed, an constructing a microbe designed to information to take home. Dr. Susan Koen expensive process, or not. Though lint is destroy gossypol in cottonseed as it is discussed a variety of methods a saleable commodity, cost analyses forming. Gossypol-free cottonseed would successfully in use at many 24-hour dictate the decision on this issue. dramatically increase the range of uses for PAUKERT CLAN RETURNS: IOMSA BOARD MEMBER LARRY PAUKERT AND WIFE LINDA WERE ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR HARD-TO- FORGET TWIN DAUGHTERS TRAC IE (FAR LEFT) AND TANYA AT CONVENTION FUNCTIONS. August, 1993 / OIL MILL GAZETTEER 9 IOMSA C onvention ‘93 its products. discuss specifics about the plant but - sunflower, and 40,000 - soybeans. In Cargill and J.G. Boswell Company co mentioned that Australia has seven commenting on the achievements of the own a cottonseed processing facility in processing plants with a capacity to crush processing industry in Austrialia, Mr. Australia. Jerry McBurney, manager of about 900,000 tons of seed per year of all McBurney noted highly skilled labor, planting seed and oil mill operations for J. types. He further noted a severe drought efficient machinery and well run plants G. Boswell Company in Corcoran, has recently diminished crush to an overall. California recently toured the Australian estimated 500,000 tons of which 200,000 Dr. Jenifer Garrett, assistant professor cottonseed processing plant. He did not is cottonseed, 140,000 is canola, 80,000 in the department of animal sciences at the University of Missouri examined new research in feeding oilseeds and their products to livestock. This perspective gave insight to the future of the processed G u e s t L u n c h e o n versus whole seed in the livestock feed marketplace and how it may impact the U.S. oilseed processing industry. S o c ia l E v en ts B r o u g h t P eo ple T o g eth er Sunday, June 27, was a day of sports with golf, tennis and bowling yournaments. The golfers enjoyed the use of the challenging Oaks Golf Course which winds its way through the hills on the resort. Sponsored by Kice Industries and Dwayne Petty Company, the event was a team scramble. Two teams tied for the number one spot: Bob Thomas, Plains Coop Oil Mill, Mark Singleton, Cantrell Int'l., Jim Neisler, National Industrial Services, Mike Apple, Prater Industries; and Paul Drake, Lubbock Electric, Scott and Rita Brown, Drew Chemicals, Tommy Howard, Planters Cotton Oil Mill. Steve Cooper, Osceola Products had the longest putt along with Bob Kice; Paul Drake had closest-to-the-pin; and Mike Apple had the longest drive. Despite the hot weather, 11 tenn s players sweated through the tournament sponsored by Crown Iron Works Co. and Prater Industries. Winners in the women s division were: 1-Barbara Mizer; 2-Betty Davis; and 3-Carol Hills. Winners in men’s: 1 -Jared Hills, Divine Engineering; 2-Gler n Brueske, Crown Iron; and Scott Kice (13), Kice Industries. The air-conditioned indoor bowling alleys attracted 34 bowlers vying for trophies. Sponsor J. R. Dykes Sales & Service gave awards in the women’s groi p to: Ann Garner - high score; Cynthia Romero - low score; Beth Wasche - high series; Elo Keller - low series; and Tanya Paukert - most improved. Men’s: Wilson Johnson - high score; John Arledge - low score; Chuck Hagood - high series; Rafael Romero - low series; and Jay Dykes - most improved. This tournament also appealed to several in the under-5 group. The convention formally opened wilh the presidential reception. A receiving line of IOMSA officers greeted guests who were then treated to a light buffet and cocktails. The event was sponsored by (Social Events Continued page 11) 10 OIL MILL GAZETTEER / August, 1993 IOMSA C onvention ‘93 IOMSA Attendance - 1993, Lake of the Ozarks, MO. GREG ALLES PHILIP BOLLHEIMER DANNY W. BROWN Bliss Industries, Inc. Bollheimer & Assoc. Planters Cotton Oil Mill, Inc. Ponca City, OK Memphis, TN Pine Bluff, AR Denise Beverly MIKE APPLE Prater Industries DALLAS BREITBARTH L. SCOTT BROWN Chicago, IL Grain States Soya, Inc. Drew Industrial Div. Nicki, Weston West Point, NE Memphis, TN Rita DWAYNE ARLEDGE JOHN BRIDGEWATER Egon Keller, Inc. Delta Oil Mill GLENN D. BRUESKE Allen, TX Jonestown, MS Crown Iron Works Co. Debra, Alayne, John Sandra, Lori Minneapolis, MN Barbara KATHLEEN ATCHLEY PAT BURCHETT American Oil Chemists’ Society Cantrell International Champaign, IL Ft. Worth, TX Linda RICHARD BARTON Outgoing Pres. TSOMSA ROY A. CARR Central Soya Company POS Pilot Plant Corp. Indianapolis, IN Saskatoon, SK, Canada Sarah MIKE CHENEY DON BERRY Honeymead Products Co. Cantrell International Mankato, MN Ft. Worth, TX Caron Joyce STIRRING IT UP: JOYCE BERRY IS ALWAYS CLARK CHITWOOD BILL BLISS ON THE SCENE AT IOMSA CONVENTIONS. Osceola Products Co. Bliss Industries, Inc. BOB KICE GETS THE CURRENT SCOOP Osceola, AR Ponca City, OK FROM THE B-LINE. Cynthia, Welsh, Rue INCORPORATED Got The Replacement Blues? 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Chandler, AZ Cynthia Osceola, AR Kathy, Bryan, Kristin Beth MARK EBELING CHUCK HAGOOD IMPCO JAMES CRAWFORD Archer Daniels Midland Phoenix, AZ Anderson International Des Moines, IA Linley Cleveland, OH Norma Betty MARCUS H. FELL MARK HEIMANN Mid-South Metric Components ART CREASON Roskamp/ Champion Memphis, TX Creason Corrugating Co. Lorena, Heather Chattangooga, TN PAIGE HERWIG Sue, Kate DANIEL P. FRENCH C. A. Picard, Inc. French Oil Mill Machinery Co. West Des Moines, IA JIM DAVIE Piqua, OH De Smet Process & Technology, Inc. Peter, Kathryn JARED HILLS Atlanta, GA Divine Engineering, Inc. JOE FREY Claire, Pat Cedar Rapids, IA Anderson International Carol Cleveland, OH BOYCE W. DAVIS Agnes IMPCO PAUL J. HILLS Phoenix, AZ Divine Enginering, Inc. DONALD J. GARNER Betty Cedar Rapids, IA Essmueller Co. Cindy De Soto, MO CARLOS A. DIAZ Ann Algodonera Mata, C.A. (ALMACA) MARTIN HORSMAN Caracas, Venezuela Incoming Pres. IOMSA DR. JENIFER GARRETT Maria, Mary Ann Chickasha Cotton Oil Co. University of Missouri Chandler, AZ Columbia, MO STEVEN C. DOTY Nancy Texas A&M University ELMER GRAVES College Station, TX TOMMY HOWARD Producers Co-Op Oil Mill Planters Cotton Oil Mill, Inc. Oklahoma City, OK PAUL DRAKE Pine Bluff, AR Nell Lubbock Electric Co. Sherry, Amir, Zohreh Lubbock, TX Susie P a s t P r e s id e n t s L u n c h e o n IN HARMONY: COAXED TO EKE OUT A TUNE, MARK SINGLETON (LEFT) JOINS JOE FRYE AND DON BERRY AT THE PIANO DURING THE PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION THEIR FIRM'S, CANTRELL AND ANDERSON, SPONSORED. 12 OIL MILL GAZETTEER / August, 1993 IOMSA C onvention ‘9 3 A. J. HUGO EDWARD H. KING WILDA H. MARTINEZ Grain States Soya, Inc. Industrial Filter & Pump Assoc. Dep. Admin., USDA-ARS West Point, NE Cicero,IL Beltsville, MD Nora Betty GERALD McBURNEY DR. SUSAN KOEN J. G. Boswell Co. JIM INGRAM Matrices Consultants Corcoran, CA Anderson Clayton Portland, ME Phoenix, AZ ERNIE MITCHELL PAULA KOLMAR Industrial Hardfacing, Inc. Oil Mill Gazetteer Elk River, MN Houston, TX DR. GAY JIVIDEN JOHN KOORN A. K. MITTAL Cotton, Inc. Laidig Industrial Systems Chickasha Cotton Oil Co. Raleigh, NC Mishawaka, IN Lamesa, TX Rama, Akash WILSON JOHNSON DON LEAR Texas A&M University Kice Industries, Inc. MICHAEL A. MIZER College Station, TX Wichita, KS Carver, Inc. Julie, Matthew Susan, Rebecca, Carl Hebert Garden City, GA Barbara EGON KELLER FARRELL LUCAS Egon Keller, Inc. Valley Co-Op Oil Mill JACK G. MOORE Germany Harlingen, TX N. Hunt Moore & Assoc. Elo Tommie Memphis, TN Shirley, Kimberley ROBERT KICE RONNIE D. LUTTMAN Kice Industries, Inc. Planters Cotton Oil Co. 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Rio Grande Oil Mill Chanute, KS Harlingen, TX Mary FRANK PASSALAQUA Industrial Filter & Pump Social Events at IOMSA from 10 Conroe, TX Anderson Int'l. and Cantrell Int’l. Anne A casual buffet dinner and cocktails were available Monday evening followed LARRY PAUKERT with country and western tunes by a live Southern Cotton Oil Co. band. The band did an excellent job of Richmond, TX loosening up the crowd with several Linda, Tracie, Tanya audience participation activities about MINE’S OVER: REFERRING TO HOSTING A which this writer can testify as being HAROLD H. PERRY CONVENTION, TSOMSA IMMEDIATE PAST particularly enlightening. Thanks are due Plant Maintenance Serv. PRESIDENT RICH BARTON (LEFT) REMINDS Sikes Machine Shop and Roy Owens Memphis, TN IOMSA PRESIDENT STEVE COOPER THAT Construction for sponsoring the band. Mary Helen HE’S THERE TO RELAX FOLLOWING Ladies Auxiliary President Beth Peck- TSOMSA’S RECENT CONVENTION. Cooper and Jewell Dykes succeeded in ROBERT H. POTHAST bringing a touch of culture to the ladies Archer Daniels Midland luncheon with featured speaker Ellen Gray North Mankato, MN JOHN D. TAYLOR Massey. Ms. Massey gave an interesting Sue National Industrial Services history lesson on Ozark culture including a Jackson, TN slide show and a variety of handcrafted RALPH ROMERO Ozark products. Craft sales represent the R & D Equipment Co. ROBERT THOMAS largest segment of the Ozarkan tourist Fort Worth, TX Plains Coop Oil Mill industry. Dora, Cynthia, Monica, Rafael Lubbock, TX Tuesday’s luncheon sported a bingo- for-door-prizes event. Each guest received GEORGE C. RUSSELL JOHN W. TODD a sampling of products by Aromatique, Inc. Osceola Products Co. Plant Maintenance Serv. Corp. B u s in es s M eeting P r eview s 1994 Osceola, AR Memphis, TN Chang Hee The IOMSA business meeting was Martha open to all participants at the close of session Tuesday. Earlier in the convention. BARRY SANDERS RAY UPCHURCH immediate past presidentfortheTSOMSA Cantrell International French Oil Mill Mach. Co. Richard Barton, offered the IOMSA a letter Ft. Worth, TX Texarkana, AR which was unanimously approved by the Edna TSOMSA membership wherein they HORST SEIFERT suggested a joint meeting in 1994 and Prater Industries, Inc. DR. PHIL WAKELYN 1995. The IOMSA also unanimously Chicago, IL National Cotton Council approved the idea following an Renate Washington, DC endorsement by the IOMSA officers and board of directors. JAMES A. SIKES SAM WARD Incoming IOMSA President Martin Sikes Machine Shop, Inc. Valley Co-Op Oil Mill Horsman will host the 1994 convention Slaton, TX Harlingen, TX which represents the one-hundredth Ronda Sherry convening of the group. The meeting will be at the El Conquistador Resort in Tucsor, JOHN MARK SINGLETON DANIEL WARNKE Arizona . Cantrell International Tramco, Inc. The IOMSA membership received Ft. Worth, TX Wichita, KS financial and membership reports from Cheri the office of the secretary-treasurer and LON SMALLRIDGE MIKE WASCHE further voted in 32 new members. A C. A. Picard, Inc. Wasche’s Machine Shop second vice president was not elected at West Des Moines, IA Perham, MN this meeting as the group has to agreed to Connie, Mandy Beth attend the TSOMSA meeting in Perdido Beach, Alabama in 1995. Current IOMSA JERRY SNEDDEN LESLIE R. WATKINS Curtis Simone agreed to serve an Arrowhead Marketing Services, Inc. Texas A&M University additional year in that capacity until he Tulsa, OK College Station, TX hosts the 1996 convention in Monterey, Sharon Marge California. 14 OIL MILL GAZETTEER / August, 1993 IOMSA C onvention ‘93 T he S ports P age GOLF TOURNAMENT - A CROWD OF AVID GOLFERS TURNED OUT FOR THE TEAM EVENT. THE #1 SPOT WENT TO TIEING TEAMS (FRONT ROW): JIM NEISLER, PAUL DRAKE, BOB THOMAS, MIKE APPLE, MARK SINGLETON; DON LEAR REPRESENTED SPONSOR KICE INDUSTRIES. BOWLING TOURNAMENT - BY FAR, THE BIGGEST GROUP CHOSE THIS INDOOR SPORT FOR A SUNDAY ACITMTY. A LARGE GROUP OF YOUNGSTERS (FRONT ROW) JOINED THE FUN AND EACH RECEIVED AWARDS FROM SPONSORS RICHARD AND JEWELL DYKES (FAR RIGHT FRONT AND SECOND ROW) OF JR DYKES SALES. TENNIS TOURANMENT - ONLY TRUE TENNIS LOVERS WOULD BE WILLING TO PLAY IN THE HOT OZARKAN WEATHER AND 11 OF THEM DID. NUMBER 1 WINNER IN THE WOMEN'S DIVISION WAS BARB MIZER (FRONT ROW, RIGHT): #1 IN MEN’S WAS JARED HILLS (BACK ROW, RIGHT). August, 1993 / OIL MILL GAZETTEER 7 5 People and Places Bit; & Piece;: lO(T)5P Conuention Tidbit; A new technique for monitoring soybean oil’s phospholipids levels The International Oil Mill Superintendents Association announced is available from the USDA-ARS. Normally removed during processing applications for membership from: Dallas Breitbarth, Grain States phospholipids, which can damage flavor, are difficult to extract if they Soya, Inc., West Point, Nebraska: Greg Alles, Bliss Industries, are formed during the bean’s preharvest stress. The revolutionary Ponca City, Oklahoma; Tom Wilson, Texaco Chemical Co., Houston, method of measuring uses reverse-phase liquid chromatography to Texas; and John Taylor and Jim Neisler, National Industrial detect and measure very low amounts of phospholipids. For further Services, Jackson, Tennessee. information contact Timothy Mounts at 309-685-4011. Tommie and Farrell Lucas, Valley Coop Oil Mill, Harlingen, Texas, Dry conditions which began in March continued from May 1 through were back at the convention scene this year. They were unable to June 10 across northeastern and east-central Europe, according to attend last year’s convention in Edmonton, Canada while Farrell expert reports. Portions of Hungary and former Yugoslavia received recovered from back surgery. He reports everything currently in good only 10-15 per cent of normal precipitation during May while eastern working order. Germany received 25-50 per cent of normal rainfall. Above-normal temperatures improved growth rates but depleted soil moisture. Liz and Ronnie Luttman, Planters Cotton Oil Mill, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, held a large wedding ceremony for their daughter, Dana, in April. Dana has been to many IOMSA conventions beginning when The USDA reports the value of April exports of oilseeds and she was a wee little thing. She was a novice, go-getter tennis player products fell 15 per cent to $508 million on sales of two million tons, in last year’s IOMSA tennis tournament. Hopefully, we will see her and though in fiscal 1993, sales are up six per cent to $5.3 billion and brother Ronnie Lynn at the one-hundredth anniversary meeting in volume is up nine per cent. The largest oilseed export, soybeans, Tucson, Arizona next year. shows an increase of ten percent to $3.5 billion resulting primarily from reduced supplies of South American soybeans. Exports of soybeans Anyone wanting to send a letter or make a phone call to the Rio and products to the EC have soared 19 per cent to $1.9 billion with the Grande Oil Mill in Harlingen, take note of the new address and phone loss of South American sources. numbers: P.O. Box 532379, Harlingen, Texas 78553; phone 210-423- 0745; fax 210-423-6542. The South Texas area has been reassigned to the area code (210). A large crowd of refinery and food products people attended a two-day seminar held by the National Cottonseed Products Association in Seoul, Korea, June 21 and 22. The meeting was designed to appeal Bonnie and Jim Clouse, Liberty Vegetable Oils, Santa Fe Springs, to those interested in the use of cottonseed oil in value-added California, were requested to remove themselves from the airplane products. According to Korean reports, the United States exported (prior to take-off) on the way to Tan-Tar-A because their luggage was 13,254 metric tons of cottonseed oil to Korea in 1992. Palm oil makes vibrating. That’s right folks: vibrating. Airport personnel asked Jim to up 27 per cent of all edible vegetable oils used in Korea which descend to the tarmac where his suitcase lay, vibrating, and open it for continues heavy use of animals fats at 30 per cent of total oils. inspection. Jim was as curious as they were to know what had possessed his very innocent-looking bag so they opened the latch only to find....a pair of electric hair clippers going to town with shaking. The mystery solved, Jim began re-boarding the plane with every window of the craft showing plastered faces of understandably enthralled passengers. Amazed at the effect a small pair of electric clippers could have on a suitcase (enough to be noticeable by luggage handlers as The Latin American section of the American Oil Chemists Society has they fling your bag into the plane) experimentation shows that a turned- scheduled a combined meeting offering a unit operations and oilseed on clipper can really shake-it-up. processing short course with the Fifth Latin American Congress and Expo on Fats and Oils Processing. Set for November 15 and 16 at the Margarita Hilton, Margarita Island, Venezuela, the meetings will offer a wide range of topics for Latin American processors including oil Jerry McBurney, J. G. Boswell, Corcoran, California, apparently a extraction, fat rendering and environmental aspects of fats and oils. little bored with status quo, accompanied his son, Will, on a skydiving Contact personnel at 217-359-2344. expedition recently. One could see immediately that he was a different man from last year’s convention and having learned of the plane jump, one could figure out why. The first clue was when Jerry nixed the idea of parasailing on the lake at Tan-Tar-A, an activity eagerly sought out by many meeting participants. Compared to skydiving, parasailing is a lot like driving to the store versus driving in the Indy 500. Anderson Clayton has agreed to lease the Westside cotton ginning facilities of Valley Industries for an extended period of time, according to a report by the Cotton Gin and Oil Mill Press. Valley Industries was started over 70 years ago by ginner James Summers who left Georgia Many of the lOMSA’s young couples brought their infants and toddlers cotton fields because of boll weevil problems and set up a leading to this year’s convention at Tan-Tar-A. Among them were: Wilson and ginning facility in Arizona. Valley’s third generation Francis, G. H. Julie Johnson with Mathew; Curtis and Janet Simone with Rachael remarked that ACCO is one of the world’s best cotton ginning operations: and Ben; Mike and Nicki Apple with Weston and Carlos and Maria Diaz and he is confident that it will continue to provide customers with the with Mary Anne. top grades and service of cotton as is expected from Valley Industries 16 OIL MILL GAZETTEER / August, 1993 Over 1,000 engineers are expected to attend the first annual Rotating Kice Industries, Wichita, Kansas, announced the new 2,700 square Machinery Conference and Exposition, November 10-12 at the footage of office space for its accounting, purchasing and personnel Radisson Hotel in Somerset, New Jersey. The conference is the first departments. The office area was created from existing warehouse effort to bring each aspect of the rotating machinery industry, which space. The improvement allows the groups to work in close proximity impacts nearly every other industry in the United States which uses without crowding. equipment, face to face for exchanging information and ideas. Manufacturers, users, designers and repair persons are invited to attend. For details call 212-705-7100. Ecogen, Inc. named Richard Garrett as product manager for its Bt- based bioinsecticides. He will be responsible for product positioning and marketing plans. Ecogen is an agricultural biotechnology company Dean Duxbury has been named director of professional development specializing in biological pest control. It reports that the world’s largest for the Institute of Food Technologists and will be responsible for its and most diversified collections of Bt strains are in its laboratories. programs in career development and education. IFT is the 26,000- member society for food science and technology headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The National Cottonseed Products Association and the National Cotton Women’s Committee coordinated a bronze-place winning entry in the Snack Food Association’s Top Crunch Award The National Cottonseed Products Association’s Alternative Solvent competition, a promotional campaign oriented program. The NCPA Task Force will meet in New Orleans, Louisiana at the USDA awarded three of its own 1993 Top Crunch Awards to Ranchers Southern Regional Research Center on August 17. Researchers will Cotton Oil - first; Chickasha Cotton Oil - second; and Plains Coop discuss programs on work with heptane and other potential solvents. Oil Mill - third. ACCO received an honorable mention. The NCPA Steve Gregory, Chickasha Cotton Oil Company, will chairthe meeting. endorses the competition as a way to enhance the relationship and interaction with an important customer - the snack food industry. According to a report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly 25 per cent of on-the-job accidents affect workers' fingers and upper The trend towards consumer eagerness to consume a healthier diet is extremities. Over 80 per cent of work-related injuries occur due to expected to drive the fat substitutes market to over $6.2 billion by unsafe worker actions; only 20 per cent are reported to result from 1996. The report by FIND/SVP stated that 1991 retail sales of all unsafe working conditions. products containing fat substitutes was over $3 billion while fat substitute ingredient sales were an estimated $125 million. The National Safety Council has announced plans for its 1993 Continuing growth is forecast for the European pneumatic control Congress and Exposition. The nation’s largest convention dedicated and power components market through the mid 1990s. Sales of to safety, health and environmental issues will be held at McCormick pneumatic valves, used for the control of compressed air, reached an Place, Chicago, Illinois. Contact Robin Ungerleider at 708-285-1121 estimated $663 million in 1992, according to research by Frost & for details. Sullivan, a market research firm in London, England. In 1992, cotton gained 55 per cent of the total apparel and home Opinion polls indicate that the majority of Canadians oppose free fabrics market, excluding carpet, in the United States, according to a trade such as proposed in the North American Free Trade Agreement report commissioned by Cotton, Inc. Cotton now holds 61 percent of that market. (People and Places continued page 34) ' One-Stop Shopping Center' for PET Edible Oil Bottle Technology Now that you purchased your PET pre-form injection moulding and PET bottle stretch-blow moulding machines . . . your shopping trip is almost over. 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Ground-Up Construction Nears Completion At Major Quincy, Illinois Processing Plant The joint-venture construction of a major vegetable oil acidulation and waste treatment facility and a product packaging processing plant and refinery in Quincy, Illinois is 75 per cent plant representing the industry’strend toward vertical integration. complete. Quincy Soybean Company and C&T Refinery, Inc. In 1991 the two firms announced their intention to jointly make up the partnership building the large grassroots project. market vegetable oil products made at existing facilities in The C&T/Quincy Food plant will process soybeans, corn, Helena, Arkansas and Charlotte, North Carolina and to construct peanuts, cottonseed, sunflower seed, canola, palm and coconut the new plant at Quincy. The Johnson-Loft Engineers division of oils when start-up is completed the first of October, according to Tetra Laval Food, Sweden is providing the process engineering, a representative of Borton, Inc., the Hutchinson, Kansas-based some of the major equipment and the control system design-build contractor for the project. Also included is a new programming. Johnson-Loft is based in San Rafael, California operating formerly as a division of Alfa-Laval. Receiving and loadout will be for both truck and rail car and POLLUTION CONTROL includes provisions for tank cleaning and drying. The process PNEUMATIC CONVEYING lines can refine, bleach, dewax, hydrogenate, deodorize and ROTARY AIRLOCKS fractionate the oils as required. There is an extensive tank farm ALL MAKE BLASTWHEELS for crude oil storage, in-process holding, blending and loadout. The plant capacity is compatible with the adjacent soybean ALL MAKE SCROLLS crushing facility plus additional capacity for other oils to be brought in. Largest Stock O f New Fans In West Texas In a joint statement by C& T Refinery and Quincy Soybean Company: “This plant will epitomize the term flexibility allowing Repairs For All Make Fans C&T/Quincy Foods to quickly meet our customers’ exact Sheet M etal For Oil Mills, Gins 8c Elevators specifications and delivery requirements.” This ability gives an edge in the highly competitive vegetable oil processing community. KIMBELL-BISHARD- WANTED - ASST. PLANT SUPERINTENDENT KIMBELL GIN MACHINERY COMPANY for Cottonseed Processing Plant in Pakistan. Must be 226 Loop 289 NE - P.O. Box 1356 knowledgeable in delinting, hulling and separating, pre-press Phone (806) 763-6645 Or (806) 762-4671 and solvent extraction. One to two year contract. Attractive salary with living allowances and annual paid home leave. All Fax (806) 762-8038 inquiries kept in strictest confidence. Please respond with Lubbock, Texas 79408 resume and salary requirements to: Employment Opportunity, P.O. Box 7849, Garden City, GA 31418. 20 OIL MILL GAZETTEER / August, 1993 Castor Bean Processing Plant Introduces The French Oil Mill Machinery Company, Piqua, Ohio has supplied a complete, modern prepress and solvent extraction Advanced Technology, Equipment In China technology and stationary basket extractor with patented rotating Chinatrade U.S.A., Inc. of New Orleans, Louisiana established basket bottom screen. This combined technology is designed a joint venture with Beihai Grain & Oil Corporation to design, and field-proven to maximize yields with minimum solvent loss construct, and operate the most efficient castor bean crushing, and steam consumption. meal detoxification, and oil refining plant in the China region to supply customers with exceptional castor bean oil quality and Anderson International Corp., Cleveland, Ohio has supplied value. the castor meal deallergenation system to convert meal to a value-added feed product. The system implements a According to Chinatrade reports, the joint venture, Beihai deallergenation procedure developed at Texas A&M University Wanli Oil & Fats, Inc. will be based in Beihai City, Peoples for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. The Republic of China. Anderson system will accept oil-extracted meal from the French To accomplish this ambitious objective, Chinatrade U.S.A. solvent extraction system and continuously process it through a collaborated with select oilseed equipment suppliers to determine series of unit operations. These consist of ingredient weighing, the most efficient oilseed processing methods, specify the blending, and extrusion cooking to produce deallergenation required equipment, and procure the machines and systems reaction, perform drying and cooling, and, finally, package the needed to operate the 100-metric ton-per-day plant currently value-added meal. This advanced Anderson system is the first of under construction in Beihai City. Chinatrade U.S.A. will also its kind in the Peoples Republic of China, enabling Chinatrade assist in marketing and selling the refined oil produced by this U.S.A. and Beihai Wanli Oils & Fats Inc. to be the leading joint venture. processor of castor beans. Johnson & Loft Engineers, Inc., San Rafael, California, a According to Mr. Liang Zheng, president of Chinatrade subsidiary of Tetra Laval Foods, Sweden, supplied the castor U.S.A., the joint venture believed it was essential to select the bean oil refinery. The refining process is distinctive in that the most advanced technology methods and equipment to maximize freshly extracted castor bean oil is alkaline refined and bleached production efficiency and customer satisfaction. Mr. Zheng said, in miscella, thus preserving final product quality through low “Equally important was the need to work closely with each temperature processing. equipment specialist and for them to work closely among themselves to achieve the results we desired.” He added, “I am Chinatrade U.S.A. and their branch office in Hong Kong pleased with how all three complementary equipment builders engages in joint venture developments in addition to importing have worked together to coordinate engineering, process and and exporting equipment and technology between the U.S. and machinery integration, and equipment shipments.” China. Expanding Your The Ferrell-Ross Global Market Potential 28 x 56 Flaking Mill Ferrell-Ross flaking mills are used in oilseed process Horizontal Dryer-Coolers provide an economical, efficient, and ing plants all over the world. To help some of these competitive edge needed in the expanding world market. plants increase their capacity, Ferrell-Ross developed a Units available for every need — mill utilizing 28" x 56" flaking rolls. This machine can Single to Multi-Pass, R&D to process over 325 tons per day. Large Scale Production. Call for Expert Consultation! For more information about the features, options and capacities available with the 28 x 56 mill, please call our product specialists at 1-800-248-8318. 12339 W. 500 S. Phone: (219) 353-7855 Mentone, Indiana USA Fax: (219) 353-8152 Ask About Our R&D Leasing Program. SINCE 1869 805 S. DECKER DR., P.O. BOX 256, BLUFFTON, IN 46714 FAX (219)824-5463 August, 1993 / OIL MILL GAZETTEER 21 PROGRESS REPORT: Construction On Schedule At Planters Cotton Oil October 1 remains the firm start-up date at the Pine Bluff, Arkansas cottonseed processing facility under construction, according to Danny Brown, assistant manager at Planters Cotton Oil Mill. At press time, the solvent extraction plant was 90 per cent completed and the boiler room was piped and close to completion. The dump and clean seed room will be ready to process seed by August 15 representing an important step in the construction. Mr. Brown indicated that all permits had been obtained and he expects no problems in that area. All operations closed at the existing 400-ton-per-day plant when the staff moved into the new site’s business offices July 2. Mr. Brown reports the plant is for sale but Planters will retain ownership of the land for seed storage capacity. Contact Superintendent Ronnie Luttman with purchase inquiries at 501-534-3631 or fax 501-534-1421. CONTINENTAL BALING PRESSES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AWAITING START-UP Arkansas has an excellent crop planted day plant which doubles previous capacity. Today, 41 are on record as receiving and this season with an estimated one million The ground-up installation is the first of processing seed. 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The Oil Mill Gazetteer is proud to announce the publication of a Special 100th Anniversary Issue tracing and recording the historical significance of the IOMSA as it has and continues to impact the oilseed processing industry since it organized in 1894. The annual meetings of the IOMSA have provided a format available for sharing vital information on processing technology and methodology. Through the IOMSA owned Oil Mill Gazetteer which will also enter its 100th year of continuous publication in 1994, convention presentations and industry news continues travelling to a domestic and SpEciAl lOOih international readership. The Special 100th Anniversary Issue is in ADVERSARY addition to the 12 regular issues and will go to each subscriber at no further cost. Issue CoiviiNq In Be a part of this landmark publication by placing an SpRiNq 1 994 advertising space reservation now. For details, contact the Oil Mill Gazetteer at: P.O. Box 590483, Houston, TX., 77259; Phone 713-480-7889; Fax 713-334-4619. August, 1993 / OIL MILL GAZETTEER 23 Oilseed Output Update World 1992/1993 Rapeseed Output Estimates Drop World 1992/1993 cotton production estimates continue falling While world rapeseed production for 1992/1993 is estimated bales. Production and area estimates were reduced due to at 26.1 million tons, down eight per cent from 1991/1992, U.S. revisions in official government statistics. production is estimated to be down ten per cent. Total foreign Following Brazil’s reduced 1992/1993 cotton harvest, Brazilian production is estimated at 26 million tons, down eight per cent spinners are increasingly looking to imported cotton. Reduced from 1991/1992. planting and lowerthan expected yields have limited the availability European Community rapeseed production is estimated at of good quality cotton and raised domestic prices. 6.1 million tons, down 18 per cent from 1991/1992. Official Domestic cotton producers unsuccessfully sought tariff government statistics adjusted production in the United Kingdom protection against competition from imports. Brazil will need to down 0.1 million tons due to lower yield. France also lowered import approximately one million bales to satisfy its textile yield, which reduced their production estimate by 54,000 tons. industry’s consumption requirements says USDA experts. Denmark increased their production estimate by 50,000 tons U.S. cotton exports to Brazil should increase sharply during due to higher area and yield. the remainder of the year as domestic prices are high and New USDA estimates for world cotton production for 1992/ supplies are tight in Paraguay, Brazil’s traditional principal supplier. 1993 declined one per cent to 82.2 million bales, down 14 per cent from the 1991/1992 record crop. Total foreign production U.S. Harvests 2 8 % Less Sunflower is estimated at 66 million bales, down 16 per cent from the record Seed Crops In 1992/1993 crop of 1991/1992, while U.S. production is estimated at 16.2 million bales, down eight per cent from 1991/1992. The National Agricultural Statistics Service of the USDA Production in Brazil is estimated at 2.1 million bales, down a estimates the U.S. sunflower seed harvest for 1992/1993 at 1.2 whopping 39 per cent from 1991/1992. Production and area million tons, down 28 per cent from 1991/1992 as harvested estimates were reduced based on unfavorable producer prices area in 1992 declined to 839,000 hectares, a 22-per cent drop at the start of the planting season and adverse weather in the from an estimated 1.1 million in 1991. northeast. The U.S. sunflowerseed crop had been trending downward China’s cotton estimates are down 21 percent at 20.7 million since the record harvest of 3.3 million tons produced in 1979. Planted area recouped some of the losses in 1991 when producers planted more sunflowers in response to price protection incentives outlined for minor oilseed crops in 1990 farm legislation passed by the U.S. congress. M l M & & 8 V In early 1992, strong wheat prices during planting, which is a INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY profitable alternative in the major sunflower growing regions of i the United States, encouraged producers to plant wheat rather Cotton, Gin, Oil Mill & than sunflowers. Industrial Supply U.S. Soybean Meal Exports To Indonesia 26 East Pima May See Surge As Surcharges Lifted Phoenix, Arizona 85004 According to a preliminary report from the U.S. agricultural Ph.: (602) 257-8326 attache in Jakarta, the government of Indonesia announced the lifting of the 35 per cent import surcharge on soybean meal as CUSTOM STEEL & ALLOY DESIGN * FABRICATION ■ COOKING CONDENSERS INSTALLATION ■ PRESSURE VESSELS ■ HEAT EXCHANGERS ■ DUST COLLECTORS ■ PROCESS PIPING Contract ■ SCRUBBERS ■ DUCT WORK ■ CYCLONES Fabricators ■ HOPPERS ■ TANKS Inc. ■ BINS ■ STRUCTURAL SUPPORTS CONTACT: BOYCE DELASHMIT ■ PNEUMATIC & MECHANICAL, MIKE CLARKSON CONVEYORS RON DICKEY, BSME 725 Old Highway 7 North • P.O. Box 758 • Holly Springs, MS 38635 • Phone 601-252-6330 • Fax 601-252-4013 24 OIL MILL GAZETTEER / August, 1993 U.S. Loses Market Share In Italian Cotton Imports; FSU Sells It Cheaper For the first time in seven years, the United States was not the largest supplier of cotton to Italy in marketing year 1991/1992. Italian cotton imports in MY 1991/1992 total 1.4 million bales, STOP! down five per cent from the previous year, and are estimated to fall further in MY 1992/1993 to 1.3 million bales. The U.S. market share plunged to only 18 per cent in MY 1991/1992 versus 30 per cent in the previous marketing year. U.S. cotton exports to Italy for the first eight months of MY 1992/ Hexane 1993 totaled 98,647 bales valued at $35.1 million. This is down 36 per cent in quantity and 42 per cent in value from the same period last year. Leaks. The market share lost by the United States has been taken up by lower-priced cotton from FSU countries including Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. Italian imports of cotton Increase Safety, Reduce from FSU countries nearly doubled during MY 1991/1992 to Maintenance Cost. 442,000 bales and FSU imports in MY 1992/1993 August- December total 235,000 bales. Replace Stuffing Boxes with part of its 1993 Trade and Investment Deregulation Package. ALLOY’S mechanical seal. This development offers a significant trade opportunity for U.S. Field tested and proven on soybean meal exporters since Indonesian feedmills are known to SPENT FLAKE, BULK LOADERS, prefer high protein U.S. meal over meal from other origins, according to USDA sources. PICKER SHAFTS, ROCKER ARMS, Imports of soybean meal had been restricted via licensing, and more. Easy to install and high tariffs and surcharges in order to protect the interests of an maintain. Indonesian monopoly soybean crushing facility. In addition to the surcharge on soybean meal, Indonesian press reports that 221 tariff line items and a total of 76 import surcharges were reduced CALL ALLOY as a result of the package. 1-800-328-8408 Texas A&M Holds Soybean Extraction Course 612/881-7515 The annual practical short course in soybean extraction conducted by the Food Protein Research and Development Center of Texas A&M University was held at the College Station campus and research mill July 11-16. The four and one-half day sessions brought operating personnel from soybean processing plants into the classroom, laboratory and oil mill for presentations and demonstrations on the various processing phases in extraction of soybeans. Among the topics discussed were different types of equipment used for soybean cleaning, cracking and dehulling soybeans for low fiber meal and alternative dehulling methods. Further into the meetings soybean meal grinding and the use of expanders were discussed followed by a laboratory and extraction simulation to measure the extractability of soybean flakes. VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVES, PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLS EXCHANGE MOTORS THRU 250 HP ZuJUtocJz £rlect/uc Gom fiatuf 1108 34TH STREET LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79405 ALLOY HARDFACING AND 806-744-2336 ENGINEERING CO., INC. 1201 Clover Drive South Texas WATS 1-800-692-4474 Minneapolis, MN 55420 U.S. WATS 1-800-858-4205 August, 1993 / OIL MILL GAZETTEER 25 Mid-Western Processors Lose Footing which specializes in edible foods and applies its own technology in production facilities. In addition, FSI fabricates its own As Chaos Rules On Mississippi River specialized equipment. Weeds are growing where soybean and corn crops normally FSI’s process and equipment is reputed to be up to five times flourish this time of year as the power of the Mississippi river fasterthan any current method of extraction; provides equipment floods its banks affecting the upper-midwestern farmland states and operation cost savings of up to 50 per cent over current of Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri, methods; and is applicable to most oleaginous oil bearing seeds Nebraska, Illinois and Wisconsin. Eight million acres of crops such as rice bran, canola, wheat millfeed and amaranth. were not planted because of spring rains and flooding and The patent work will be conducted by the Houston, Texas law another 12 million acres in the ground are stunted and may not firm of Conley, Rose & Tayon. Formed in 1991, the firm consists be harvested this fall. of attorneys who formerly comprised the Intellectual Property & Grain traders are steadily trimming soybean and corn-harvest Technology Section of Butler & Binion. The group specializes in forecasts though some are as low as nine percent because other intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, growing regions like Indiana are experiencing superior conditions. copyrights, trade secrets, unfair competition and covenants not Recent industry estimates of producer losses are over $2 billion. to compete. Ned L. Conley, senior member of the firm specializes The actual figures continue to mount as each day passes. in litigation, and is the group’s authority on oil and gas technology. Soybean and corn processors in the region are suffering Three initial patents are currently pending, with an estimated severely from the flooding which has resulted in plant shutdowns six more to be applied for. and product distribution system closures on the Mississippi river. Several plants located in towns along the Mississippi river in Illinois and Missouri, including some owned by A. E. Staley, U.S. Soybean Association Selects Individuals Bunge Corp. and Archer Daniels Midland, are closed due to For Year-Long Promotional Program floods, according to industry sources. The American Soybean Association and ZENECA Ag The Mississippi river stretches out to the Gulf of Mexico Products, who jointly sponsor the Volunteer Involvement providing a major avenue for transporting oilseeds and oilseed Program, are currently taking applications for the 1993- products for export. Closures along the riverway have resulted 1994 VIP team. The deadline is August 15. in a costly shortage of transportation in the industry. The Volunteer Involvement Program event is comprised Officials at ADM-St. Louis, Missouri have been combing the of five men and five women soybean farmers. The ten are country for rail cars and trucks to transport grain, soybeans, selected to travel around the country for a year of intensive corn, fructose and alcohol to export-destination ports, according training, technical briefings and meetings with industry to Bill Camp, vice president for transportation at ADM. leaders in order to effectively learn how to promote the A quarter of ADM's grains and vegetable oils normally are soybean industry and ASA. dispatched down the Mississippi, according to a report in the The present VIP team was selected in 1991 with the Wall Street Journal. launching of the program. Subsequent teams will serve Food Sciences, Inc. Pursues Patents On New only one year in order to give more soybean producers an Rice Oil/Bran Processing Technology/Equip. opportunity to participate in this dynamic leadership development program. National and international patent work for revolutionary new Christa Davis, a current team member from Leesburg, rice bran and rice oil processing technology and equipment is Ohio, says, “This program has helped me see beyond the underway according to Food Sciences, Inc., Jennings, Louisiana, end of the lane, to the world that can and does affect our the development firm. industry. I have always believed it was important to use The group’s first plant began production in July, 1993. The every opportunity to promote agriculture, but now I see site will apply FSI’s new technology and equipment to produce how vital it is that farmers work together to assure a defatted and stabilized rice bran and near zero per cent saturate positive future for farming.” level rice oil. 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Oil Products barely mentioned in the U.S. guidelines while supporters of the Mediterranean diet suggest using olive oil as the principal dietary U.S.-based Cargill, Inc. is joining forces with MAVESA, fat. Caracas, Venezuela, to acquire, process and market vegetable Several prominent health professionals spotlighted olive oil’s oils and vegetable oil products for sale in the Andean Pact role in a healthy diet, one noting that diets high in olive oil countries of South America, according to a report by a consultant consumption produce favorable lipoprotein ratios. Specifically, with the National Cottonseed Products Association. olive oil, which is 77 per cent monounsaturated fat, does not The letter of intent indicates that MAVESA, a processing raise low-density lipoproteins or “bad” cholesterol and it leaves company with $233 million annual sales, will buy the Torre deOro intact the level of the HDL, or “good” cholesterol, in the brand of mayonnaise, vinegar and condiments which is currently bloodstream. marketed in Venezuela by Cargill. Cargill has agreed to purchase Beyond its health benefits, olive oil has long been prized their retail and industrial vegetable oil requirements from MAVESA. throughout the Mediterranean for its unique taste. “Unlike other Cargill will also supply MAVESA with refined oil and vinegar required in the production of their margarines, mayonnaises, soaps and other consumer goods. Pourable Oils Fat Comparison The transaction, expected to be completed by the end of this Pourable Oil Monounsaturated Fat Content (%) month, will carve a sizeable place for MAVESA in the Andean Olive Oil 77 Pact countries which include Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Canola Oil 62 and Venezuela. Peanut Oil 49 Corn Oil 25 Olive Oil Receives Recognition Playing Soybean Oil 24 Beneficial Role In Healthier U.S. Diets Sunflower Oil 20 Safflower Oil 12 Leading experts in food, nutrition and public health from Source: American Olive Oil Association around the world gathered in Boston earlier this year to explore the health benefits of traditional Mediterranean diets. The conference, sponsored by the Harvard School of Public Health healthy oils, olive oil has a delicate flavor and aroma that it imparts and the Oldways Preservation and Exchange Trust, focused to foods,” said Richard Sullivan, president, American Olive Oil particular attention on the beneficial role that olive oil plays in Association. “And just as food and health professionals continue Mediterranean cuisine. to evaluate the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet, The biggest difference between the diet recommended by consumers too are becoming more aware of how olive oil can be the USDA and that of the Mediterranean is the use of olive oil, a key part of a healthy—and delicious—diet." elps Hydraulic Truck Dumpers To Fit All ions P.O. 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Mr. Yoder emphasizes the agreement does not achieve the goal of the original Section The European Community’s earlier ratification of the Blair 301 complaint filed by ASA to open the EC market to exports of House Oilseeds Agreement can pave the way for U.S. soybean competitively-priced U.S. oilseeds and oilseed products. farmers to gain favorable terms in the Uruguay Round of the However, Blair House would limit the maximum area on which General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, according to a statement payments are made to stimulate EC oilseed production, both for from the American Soybean Association. food and industrial purposes. Within the restricted area, it “The oilseeds agreement does not go as far as ASA wanted establishes a permanent minimum set-aside often per cent. in resolving our long-standing dispute over the EC’s oilseeds “I know that European farmers, especially French farmers, program,” says ASA President Steve Yoder. “However, compared have had a difficult time accepting the agreement, but so have to the unrestricted growth in EC oilseed production over the past U.S. soybean farmers,” Mr. Yoder said. “I hope we can all put this decade, it will eventually sharply curtail subsidized exports of EC issue behind us and focus on the successful completion of the vegetable oil.” Uruguary Round. I am confident that if sufficient access to world The United States charged more than five years ago that the markets is provided for U.S. oilseeds and oilseed products, we EC had nullified and impaired its 1962 duty-free commitment for will have a trade agreement we can cheer about.” soybeans and soymeal by offering lucrative subsidies to growers and processors of EC-origin oilseeds at the expense of U.S. Dept. Of Transportation Reverses Decision soybean exports. A GATT Dispute Settlement Panel twice ruled On Edibles Oils As Hazardous Materials In a landmark decision for the oilseed processing industry, the Department of Transportation recently rescinded its earlier classification of salad and other edible oils, including cottonseed HUTCHISON-HAYES oil, as hazardous materials. DOT secretary Pena announced the decision following SEPARATORS, INC. substantial lobbying from industry groups and intensive review of the evidence presented on the qualities of salad and edible oils. One of the most persuasive arguments against the classification SERVICE & REPAIR MODELS: VO -184 was offered by a coalition of cottonseed interests which pointed WORLDWIDE am-214 B -214C out that it was inappropriate since most vegetable oils were 6RPX-417/317 edible and did not pose any threat to the environment. & OTHERS Sources report a major concern among the various oilseed groups was the significant increase in costs which would be imposed in processing the paperwork, conducting training and additional equipment purchases had the classification taken effect in October as scheduled. The National Cottonseed Products Association was instrumental in opposing the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 which, according to the DOT left little room to exclude salad and edible oils from the hazardous materials classification system. The oilseed processing industry's coordinated efforts to address the issue had a major impact on the outcome of the debate. Cotton Inc. 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KINARD, Director, Research & Education National Cottonseed Products Association, Memphis, Tennessee his presentation discusses the activities of Memphis, I will not describe all of these committees in detail but Tennessee-based National Cottonseed Products several are worth noting, the first of which is the mles AssociationT and how we might help you accomplish the committee. tasks you face out there in your plant. This committee is made up of 15 industry representatives NCPA will be celebrating its one-hundredth anniversary that maintain our Trading Rules which are those that in 1997. We are just a little younger than the Texas govern everything from sampling incoming seed to Cottonseed Crushers Association and have enjoyed many settling disputes with buyers and sellers of products. The fruitful years of working together with the Texas group Trading Rules book is updated each year in the summer and other state and regional crusher organizations. after our annual meeting in May and has several features The purpose of NCPA has not changed much over the important to you. For example: years from the six goals set forth in the originating charter. - Definition and quality factors for products These make an excellent outline for explaining what we - Seed grade rules are doing for you. - Methods of chemical analysis I will begin by reviewing these six objectives and then - Rules governing trading of seed and products examining how we at NCPA address them. - Directory of members Working hand in glove with the rules committee is the FIRST: To secure co-operation among the chemists committee. The association certifies official manufacturers of cottonseed and similar products in chemists who do all the analytical work required under all lawful methods for furthering and protecting the these rules. Any changes in analytical methods must be interests and general welfare of the industry. examined and passed by our chemists committee before being adopted in the Trading Rules. Official weighers and SECOND: To afford a means of co-operating with inspectors are certified by the NCPA for taking official the federal and state governments in all matters of samples. general concern to the industry. The NCPA engineers committee is a group that you all are very close to. They have been called into action THIRD: To prom ote and foster domestic and foreign several times this year to give guidance, make comment, trade in oil mill products. or otherwise deal with regulatory problems that face the industry. FOURTH: To promote the mutual improvement of If, for example, an OSHA inspector shows up at your its members and the study of the arts and sciences connected with the oil mill industry. FIFTH: To inform and interest the public as to the About the Author... economic worth of the oil mill industry. Mr. Kinard became the director ofresearch and educationfor the National Cottonseed SIXTH: To encourage and foster co-operation with Products Association in Memphis, growers, producers and distributors of cottonseed Tennessee, following the promotion of and its products. Lynn fones to the post o f executive vice president in 1992. Our first objective involves cooperation among our Mr. Kinard began with the NCPA in nii mbers and promoting general welfare. Under this area 1974 after receiving a masters degree in I would like to explain how the NCPA is organized. animal science from Texas A&M It is governed by a president, vice president, and board University. He graduated with a bachelors of directors elected by the membership. In addition, 12 degree in 1967 and served two years in si mding committees are salient to the operation of the the U.S. Army. association. August, 1993 / OIL MILL GAZETTEER 31 gate and tries to fine you for the way you feed seed out product utilization. of a seedhouse, very soon you will be able to go to your We also have an extensive promotional program for file draw er and produce a plan for your plant that is based our domestic market. A lot of what we do is interfacing on a document that the engineers committee is currently with university researchers, federal and state agencies, working on that sets forth an industry standard on seed other industry organizations such as feed manufacturers, feeding that will keep OSHA at bay. The engineers livestock groups, food technologists, dietitians, and even committee is chaired by Martin Horsman, Chickasha the media. Cotton Oil Company, and provides an important service The R&E department maintains an extensive technical to all of you. library on almost every subject imaginable. Because One of the most active committees of the association cottonseed products and the cottonseed industry relate to is the research and education committee. This group of 19 so many things we try to stay abreast of all relevant meets twice each year, once in the fall and once in the subjects. Everything from AIDS to zinc. Did you know that spring, and gives direction to research which will address a derivative of gossypol is being studies as a treatment for needs or opportunities that we all might face. They also AIDS? We have been working for years to get rid of guide our prom otional plans to increase the use and value gossypol in cotton. I am afraid that about the time we do of our products. We will discuss this in more detail later. we will find out that it is really worth something. In order to ride herd on all the different activities of the We still need to control gossypol in our meal, though. association, we have a professional staff of five along with One of the greatest limitations for cottonseed meal is its two secretaries and an accountant. gossypol content. If all the industry could achieve a free Dr. Lynn Jones is our executive vice president. He gossypol level in all our meals of 0.04 per cent or less, our served 12 years as director of research and education meals would find virtually unrestricted use in all kinds of before assuming his current post and is the chief executive feeds. officer of the association. He spends a lot of time in In this fiscal year which ends in April processor Washington D.C. and also in representing the industry companies budgeted, through the NCPA, almost $400,000 before numerous organizations. for research and promotional efforts to keep the industry Ben Morgan is our secretary-treasurer. He has a degree profitable into the future. in agricultural economics from Texas A&M University and Our assistant director of R&E is Lance Forster. He an MBA in finance. Mr. Morgan carries a num ber of finished his studies for his Ph.D. in animal science at the administrative duties such as planning for our annual University of Arkansas just recently. You should take note convention and other association meetings. He administers of this name, because he will be our primary staff contact and enforces our trading rules which we discussed and he on regulatory affairs. Many of the questions that you may oversees the association’s finances. He is also involved in have will cross his desk and he will be helping us generate our export promotion activities with the Foreign and publish articles and information on our products. Agricultural Service of the USDA. Our manager of economics and marketing is Mitchell Both of these men have led numerous foreign trade McGee who has a masters degree in agricultural economics missions of industry members and are widely traveled in and marketing from Mississippi State University. Mr. the Middle East, Central and South America, and the Far McGee works on economic analysis of industry data as it East in efforts to m aintain strong exports of cottonseed oil relates to the production of seed and the marketing of and now meal in Mexico with increasing interest being products. He also shepherds our promotional programs shown for our feed products south of the border. for meal and oil. I am the director of research and education. The Having acquainted you with our staff and some of the research and education staff is the technical team for the things we are involved in, I will now get more specific and industry. We are not engineers because there are plenty mention some facts about our industry that I think might in the industry that can contribute expertise to the needs be of interest to you and discuss som e of the things w e are in the processing area. What we try to provide is help to doing to develop the market for the products you make the industry in technical areas such as nutrition and The NCPA approaches market development in four ways: - publications: both technical and popular INSULATION - advertising: trade journals REFRACTORIES - direct mail: targeted information - publicity:press releases, National Cotton Women SERVICES, INC. Committee, etc. John G. Whitsett Whether meal or oil we follow the same basic approach Cottonseed oil was America’s original vegetable oil PHONE OFFICE (901) 523-2855 but now there are a number of competing fats and oils MEMPHIS RES. (601) 393-4323 CSO is today the num ber three vegetable oil in the Unitec 462 DECATUR FAX (901) 523-2279 States and our primary use is in the snack food market MEMPHIS, TENN. Industrial We are currently targeting the restaurant/food service 38105 industry with the strongest promotion because they have SALES-SERVICE potential for greater use of CSO. This is especially important as more of our oil mills are able to package ant 32 OIL MILL GAZETTEER / August, 1993 distribute to that market. do not have a very consistent product. Not only does it Baking and industrial foods are good markets for look different from mill to mill, the range of differences cottonseed oil, which is especially useful in shortenings, can be fairly wide when it comes to protein quality or so we give those producers marketing attention as well. gossypol levels. That is a challenge for engineers and The NCPA has an advertising maintenance program superintendents. How can we make a more consistent with the snack food industry since they are still our largest cottonseed meal throughout the industry? customer. We reach these audiences through trade shows If we of the NCPA staff can help along that line, contact where we distribute literature and meet with food scientists us. We exist to help our members. and oil buyers who make decisions on which oil to buy. Advertisements appear in 13 food magazines and have If you have questions about storm water regulations or had a tremendous response rate from chef’s and others some other regulatory problem, we would like to hear requesting our literature on cottonseed oil. from you. In the area of meal markets we have targeted beef, If you get in hot water and need any kind of information, dairy, and some new areas that have exciting potential we are here to try to help you find it. and are having an impact on how you run your plant. One of the biggest impacts on crushing has been the If you just want to be better informed about this increase in feeding of seed. As you well know, it has taken industry and take a closer look at how our products are its toll on crushers. But we are hopeful that larger cotton used, we probably have something for you to read. crops which are predicted will provide enough seed for Most importantly - if you have ideas, we want to hear both crushing and feeding. them and examine their potential in improving your plant The biggest market for meal is still the beef cow and and the cottonseed industry as a whole. for a long time we have directed promotional efforts Let me conclude with one final thought. The NCPA has toward maintaining that market with advertising in several been working for almost a century to convert the lowly magazines and information distribution. However, if you cottonseed that was once a disposal problem into a look at where the feed dollars are being spent, you will myriad of useful products consumed by man and his notice that almost half of them are aimed at poultry. We beasts. This industry contributes $1.2 billion to our are getting precious little of that market now but with economy and jobs for 2,400 people. some effort we should be able to capture a bigger share We can be proud to be linked to products that affect with cottonseed meal. the lives of all of us and so many others daily. It is products In addition to poultry feeding, the catfish industry has from cottonseed that we sit on, sleep on, eat, drink, wear, become a good customer for cottonseed meal. Cottonseed and feed our critters with...and then we eat the critters! meal is not only nutritious for catfish, but it improves the feed quality and palatability. Recent research says that, What you are doing out there in the plant to produce nutritionally, the use of cottonseed meal could easily quality products is important because it not only helps double in the catfish industry. feed the world but it also eventually ends up on your How does all this affect you? A recent market study table! showed the factors affecting feed buyers choices of Presented at the sixty-first annual Short Course for Oil Mill Operators, protein sources were: Quality: Will it provide the nutrients April 1993, Texas A&M University, College Station. needed? Consistency: Can the buyer count on receiving the same product load after load? This is very important to a feed manufacturer. Availability: Can he get it when he wants it? Price: Is it competitive? Of all those factors, the complaints we hear about cottonseed meal probably relate most to consistency. 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The conservative party strongly other crop-ravaging insects is undergoing its largest field test so supports NAFTA while the new democrats oppose it. far 2,850 acres in seven states-by the USDA and Fermone Corporation, Inc., of Phoenix, Arizona. “If the fungus passes the test this summer, growers could Bill Tracy was announced as the president-elect for The Cotton have an effective alternative to conventional insecticides against Foundation at the group’s annual meeting in Washington D.C. Mr. major pests of cotton, vegetables and ornamentals as early as Tracy is a California rancher and most recently served as deputy next year,” said James E. Wright with USDA’s Agricultural director of the California Department of Food and Agriculture. He Research Service in Weslaco, Texas. succeeds Jimmy Sanford, Prattville, Alabama, who now takes a The Fungus, Beauveria bassiana, controlled boll weevil, position as chairman of the board of trustees. sweetpotato whitefly, plant bug and cotton fleahopper in earlier tests. These insects costs U.S. growers hundreds of millions of dollars a year in crop losses. It kills a pest by spreading through A new USDA-ARS breeding line of soybeans is showing marked its body shortly after contact, said Mr. Wright, an entomologist resistance to several types of cysts nematodes. The soybean breed, with the Crop Insects Research Unit. called J87-233, could lead to commercial varieties resistant to four Field tests are being run in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, nematode races. Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas on a total of nine food, fiber and ornamental crops: cabbage, cantaloupe, cotton, hibiscus, lantana, lettuce, peanuts, peppers and tomatoes. Dantec Systems Corp. has announced the opening of its new U.S. B. bassianafungi occur naturally in soils around the world. Mr. sales headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina. Dantec designs, Wright isolated the test strain from boll weevils in the Lower Rio programs, installs and services a group of on-line moisture analyzers Grande Valley in Texas. The fungus is being sprayed on the test and moisture control systems. fields as a liquid formulation developed under a cooperative research and development agreement between ARS and Fermone. Allen Terhaar, executive directorof the U.S. Feed Grains Council, has In other efforts in eradicating the boll weevil Mississippi cotton been named the National Cotton Council’s director of foreign growers are expanding the number of counties where computer operations and executive director of Cotton Council International. generated maps track the rise and fall of boll weevil populations CORRUGATINGROLL WM. C. 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