Oct–Dec, 2003

Change is inevitable. Change is continuous. Change is difficult. Right now, AURI is facing the difficult. Over four of the past five years AURI has contended with declining financial support…

Golden Valley, Minn. – Doug Van Thorre, president of Biorefining, Inc., was presented an “Innovator of the Year” award by the business and financial newspaper, Finance and Commerce, at a…

Ulen, Minn. – On a warm June day, Wendell Johnson watched heavy equipment lumber up and down field rows, harvesting the crop he had nurtured for 14 years. This was…

To be a trendy 21st century food product, touting vitamins and minerals alone won’t cut it. Chances are better if heart- healthy, anti-oxidant, cholesterol-lowering or anti-aging is in your job…

Beans are one of humankind’s oldest foods, domesticated 7,000 years ago in Peru and southern Mexico, where Indian tribes developed various colors and sizes of dry beans. Belonging to the…

For centuries, oats have been valued for the grain’s medicinal qualities. As early as 400 BC ground oat was used on skin for drying and healing, and 17th-century New World…

The grain Native Americans called “manoomin” was named “wild rice” by early North American fur traders because it looks deceivingly like rice. Actually, wild rice is a tall, blooming water…

Bird Island – From fuel to folic acid, navy bean growers are looking for ways to gain more value than they now get from a can of beans. The Bird…

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. Flat beer…

These days, we frequently have to "multi-task" several jobs at once. Now we expect that from our farm crops, too. The hottest food trend today is all about "function" –…

Granite Falls, Minn. – In the convenience- food age, Karen Henning says consumers still have only two options for putting potato salad on the dinner table – make it from…

AURI staff and clients showcased ag innovations at the 2003 Farm Fest August 5-7 at Gilfillian Estates near Redwood Falls. Clients displayed alfalfa-based feed supplements made by RK Marketing Enterprises…

Glenville, Minn. – So much for the lazy days of summer. During June and July, farmer-members of the SoyMor cooperative hustled to raise $6 million for a biorefinery that will…