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Ag Innovation News is published by the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI) to inform the food, agriculture and business communities and the general public about developments in new ag-based products.

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Ag Innovation News, Jan-Mar 2012

Jan-Mar 2012 2012 | Vol 21 | No. 1

PDF (3.60 MB)

Sections:

Easy Eatin Beans
Marshall entrepreneur knows exports
Natures Filter
AURI and Checkoff dollars at work
Pellet Perfect
AURIs busy pellet lab helps Minnesota companies test new ideas
Elsewhere in Ag Innovations
AURI Staff Column Seeing Around Corners
Focus on AURIs Core Four
AURI Executive Directors Column
Ag Innovation News celebrates 20th birthday

Recent Editions

October-December 2011

October 2011 | Vol 20 | No. 4

PDF (3.42 MB)

Sections:

Fair Fare to Fly Balls
Resting on Straw & Pine
A Future Made in Bioplastics
The Little Granola Bar That Could
By The Numbers
Fair Food
AURI Staff Column Seeing Around Corners
AURI leaders attend President Obama’s town hall meeting
Executive Directors Column
A Swheat Expansion
Elsewhere in Ag Innovations

July-September 2011

2011 | Vol 20 | No. 3

PDF (3.98 MB)

Sections:

Growing Co-Operation
Glycerins Glowing Results
Feasibly Digested
Brainstorming a Better Tarp
Kitchen School
AURI Staff Column Seeing Around Corners
Elsewhere in Ag Innovations
AURI Executive Directors Column
2011 Ag Innovator of the Year

April-June 2011

April-June 2011 | Vol 20 | No. 2

PDF (3.20 MB)

Sections:

Dairy Green
Milk & More
Nursery Sells Riverviews Digested Solids to Gardeners
AURI Dishes Dirt
Digesting Food for Energy
A Cautious Embrace
Bioplastics global renaissance
Tamale Exito
Green Chemistry
Elsewhere in Ag Innovations
AURI Executive Directors Column
Safe Eating
Emission Permission
New AURI Board Members

Ag Innovation News

Jan-March 2011 | Vol 20 | No. 1

PDF (2.61 MB)

Sections:

Stink Stoppers
Oh So Good
The Value in Evaluation
Bolt On Power
Up from the Ashes
Ash CAN!
Sold Out
The Dryer The Better
Food Trends
Elsewhere in Ag Innovations
A food-makers guide to omega-3
Bringing brainpower together
Beefing Up

October-December 2010

2010 | Vol 19 | No. 4

PDF (2.17 MB)

Sections:

Swedish Style
Bio Rot Stopper
WHEY more dairy products
Region's dairy industry growing again
Science Of Innovation
Innovation Superstars
Summer Showcase
Elsewhere in Ag Innovations
AURI Executive Director's Column
Meal In A Bar
AURI Sponsored Dairy Research

July-September 2010

July-September 2010 | Vol 19 | No. 3

PDF (2.19 MB)

Sections:

Sweet as Honee
Turkey Beyond Thanksgiving
SUN Inspired
BioBuilt
Just one word (bio)plastics
Elsewhere in Ag Innovations
New Faces at AURI
AURI Upgrades Labs & Technology
Franken keynotes Roundtable event
Growing Self-Sufficiency
AURI Executive Director's Column
Dryer technology on display

Ag Innovation News April-June 2010

2010 | Vol 19 | No. 2

PDF (64.67 KB)

Sections:

Sweet Feeds
AGRIpreneurs
Coproducts Programs Finds Gold in Waste
Green Works
Char-crossed fuel
'U' trials test biochar's fertilizer value
Elsewhere in ag innovations
AURI to Hold Specialty Meat-Cut Training
AURI Executive Director's Column
Bioproducts in the heartland

Ag Innovation News

January - March 2010 | Vol 19 | No. 1

PDF (2.92 MB)

Sections:

Scaled-Down Cow Power
Where Birds Roam Free
SPECIAL SECTION--Top Opps for Corn and Beans
An Old Bakery with New Ingredients
Advances Make Food Safer, Sustainable and Tailored to Tastes
AURI Staff Profile
Elsewhere in Ag Innovations
Ever Cat Opens Revolutionary Biodiesel Plant
Dynamic Capabilities
Red Markets

Ag Innovation News Oct 2009

Oct 2009 | Vol 18 | No. 4

PDF (1.44 MB)

Sections:

Reclaiming Water
2010 AURI initiatives
Better meal deals
New soy plant captures niche market for dairy feed
A taste of Germany
Celebrating Farmfest 2009
Minnesota really cooks
Elsewhere in ag innovations
Online facelift
AURI Executive Director's Column
AURI Staff Column

Ag Innovation News July 2009

July 2009 | Vol 18 | No. 3

PDF (1.44 MB)

Sections:

How big is the local foods appetite
Getting it together
Food with a face
What exactly is local food
Promote and sell
20 Year history spiced variety
Gas in small batches
Sweet sorghum road show
Bumping up biodiesel
2009 AURI Ag Innovator of the Year
Reducing fat on the swine menu
The doctor is in (the kitchen)