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Article: Cargill Breaks New Ground in Developing Chemicals from Farm Products.
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- Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE)
- Article date:
- December 15, 2003
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Byline: Chris Clayton
Dec. 15--BLAIR, Neb. -- Corn is positioning Nebraska and Iowa to become leaders in future industrial chemicals.
Agricultural groups and economic-development officials have long used the term "value-added agriculture" to refer to the creation of more products from crops. Now chemists are tapping into the unused value of grains.
Cargill, whose primary focus has been food ingredients, is exploring industrial products it can make with the chemical compounds derived from corn, soybeans and other crops. These compounds replace petroleum-based polymers.
Indeed, Cargill officials believe corn and soybeans can one day ...