Apr–Jun, 2003

Last year, one Minnesota food processor added 10 new jobs to rural Minnesota; it expects to add 20 more this year as its markets grow. Another processor, which handles thousands…

A New World plant with seeds high in lauric acid may someday be a profitable alternative crop for Minnesota growers. The cuphea (KEW fee uh) plant, which grows from South…

Minneapolis, Minn. — They’re out there. Waiting in hospitals and schools. Biding their time, ready to spring into action and devour … biodiesel? They are backup generators, installed to provide…

East Grand Forks, Minn. — Like overstuffed sausages, huge plastic tubes filled with silage rest outside the American Crystal Sugar processing plant. The 250-foot tubes hold some 400 tons of…

Sometimes we want to read on the Web, sometimes we just want to look at the pictures. These sites offer more looking than reading, and loads of graphics. Each offers…

Waconia, Minn. — Improve your eyes, save your skin and help a family farm — all over breakfast. Tom and Donna Stacy say you can, and they have cooked up…

The egg is back. Derided for decades as a high-cholesterol artery clogger, egg consumption slid almost 50 percent from 1945 to 1991. Now eggs are gaining nutritionists’ respect and sales…

Show me the money. Cuba Gooding Jr.’s famous movie line could be the theme of Minnesota’s current funding battles. Don’t tell me how great you are — show me the…

It is common knowledge that most new small businesses fail. Only the best survive and prosper. AURI has supported many winners in Minnesota’s dynamic agriculture sector — helping energetic innovators…

Editor’s note: As a service to our readers, we provide news about the work of others in the ag utilization arena. Often, research done elsewhere complements AURI’s work. Please note…

Minnetonka, Minn. — Having your cake and eating ice cream too just isn’t possible for the more than 40 million Americans who are lactose-intolerant. The answer to their ice-cream cravings?…

Roseau, Minn. — A winter-hardy grass could be a Minnesota co-op’s ticket to sustainable green of another kind. RL Growers Cooperative, a group of 50 farmers in Roseau and Lake…