Jan-Mar, 2020

Happy New Year! I hope you celebrated the start of 2020 in good spirits with family and friends. Now that we’re a few days into the new year, I’m excited to share the achievement of several important milestones to expand AURI’s capabilities and enhance its client resources. The result being AURI is better positioning itself to make significant advances in the coming years.

This quarter, Ag Innovation News highlights one of its newest board members, Rep. Jeanne Poppe. In addition to her role on the Board of Directors, Poppe is also currently the chair of the Minnesota House Agriculture and Food Finance and Policy Division. Read on to learn more about her background and goals for the future.

Fresh, exciting new ideas, from beer to bees and data to dollars, dominated the panels and presentations at this year’s Food | Ag | Ideas Week, October 10-15.

The Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, in partnership with Southwest Minnesota State University (SMSU), the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and the Minnesota Legislature recently opened a new Food Product Evaluation and Sensory Laboratory on SMSU’s campus in Marshall, Minn.

If AURI’s annual New Uses Forum is any indication, the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well and living in Minnesota. Generating new ideas is important, but equally valuable is a…

The annual New Uses Forum may be AURI’s premier value-added agriculture event, but it’s far from the only place AURI promotes emerging opportunities and the services it provides to further…

Every biennium AURI conducts a broad scale research project, during which the organization’s staff meets face-to-face with representatives from various ag-related stakeholder groups to gain insight into the current industry…

Current breeds of commercial broiler chickens and turkeys grow very quickly. To improve early growth and immune system development, some research suggests that young poultry would develop better when fed…

In Northern Minnesota, there are limited options for specialty foods and products that fulfill the dietary needs
of the surrounding area. Many consumers who appreciate premium specialty foods or have dietary restrictions are forced to shop larger metropolitan areas and stockpile products due to limited local availability. This growing community is looking for foods made with ingredients that are natural and have familiar, simple ingredients. With that backdrop, the small town of Crosby is the perfect place for serving this consumer base seeking specialty products.