The director of the National Corn to Ethanol Research Center says they have some big research projects in the works paving the way to new uses for US corn.

John Caupert tell Brownfield they are finding more and more products can be made from corn ethanol instead of petroleum.

“The latest would be in polymers. Polymers can range from a plastic bottle that contains drinking water, to carpet fibers, all the way to possibly the fibers that are in clothing.”

He says a recent global boom in the aquaculture industry is also an opportunity or corn growers.

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