St. Louis, Missouri
June 27, 2007
Effort provides farmers and
ethanol producers ethanol yield potential of grain at delivery
DuPont (NYSE: DD) and
FOSS North America today
announced an agreement that will help farmers and ethanol
producers better understand ethanol yield potential of grain
corn being delivered to ethanol plants. The agreement, announced
during the Fuel Ethanol Workshop, provides FOSS rights to
technology developed by DuPont.
Under terms of the agreement,
DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred is providing to FOSS proprietary
Ethanol Yield Potential calibration technology for use in FOSS
grain analyzers. The technology provides estimated ethanol yield
in terms of gallons per bushel.
"This technology is a big step in
helping increase ethanol output per acre," said Dean Oestreich,
vice president and general manager - DuPont and president -
Pioneer. "When used in FOSS instruments, it gives farmers and
ethanol producers nearly instant ethanol yield results on each
load of grain brought to an ethanol plant."
The technology allows ethanol
producers to use real-time data to manage the grain feeding
their ethanol production process. Farmers will be able to take
this information and combine it with their on-farm agronomic
performance data to tailor the corn hybrids they plant to
maximize their ethanol yield on every acre.
Pioneer has already evaluated all
of its hybrids for ethanol yields and has identified over 180
hybrids that produce higher than average amounts of ethanol.
These high total fermentable (HTF) ethanol hybrids are being
positioned with farmers near ethanol plants.
FOSS will be installing the
Pioneer Ethanol Yield Potential calibration into its Infratec
1241 Grain Analyzers and marketing them to dry-grind ethanol
plants in North America.
"When installed on our
instruments, this calibration technology will allow ethanol
producers to work with farmers to increase the amount of ethanol
they produce," said Christian Svensgaard, President of FOSS
North America. "This is truly exciting technology that will help
make the most of every bushel of corn harvested."
DuPont is a leader in the biofuels
industry and has developed a three-part strategy to increase
grain ethanol yield per acre; develop technology to convert
cellulose to biofuels; and develop and supply next-generation,
improved biofuels.
As the industry leader in NIR/NIT
technology, FOSS provides and supports dedicated analytical
solutions for the food and agricultural industries. From raw
material to finished product, FOSS instrumentation provides
precision and control at any stage of the production process
including on-line, at-line and bench analysis.
Today over 80 percent of the
world's grain is tested on a FOSS solution. The FOSS Infratec
1241 is officially approved and established worldwide as a
standard for determining protein, moisture, oil, starch and
other parameters essential to optimum ethanol yield.
FOSS is the world's leading
provider of analytical instruments for the food, agricultural,
chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Founded in 1956, FOSS is
a privately owned company employing over 1,100 worldwide with
manufacturing and research and development facilities in
Denmark, Sweden and the United States. Solutions are sold and
supported in over 100 countries, with 21 fully owned
subsidiaries and 75 dedicated distributors.
Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont
business, is the world's leading source of customized solutions
for farmers, livestock producers and grain and oilseed
processors. With headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, Pioneer
provides access to
advanced plant genetics in nearly 70 countries.
DuPont is a science-based products and services company. Founded
in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable
solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for
people everywhere. Operating in more than 70 countries, DuPont
offers a wide range of innovative products and services for
markets including agriculture and food; building and
construction; communications; and transportation.
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