Oct–Dec, 2004

Time has its share of clichés – it flies, waits for no man, marches on – all expressions of how quickly time goes by. Take 1989, for example. It is…

Faribault Mills corn blankets to be featured on PBS Faribault Mills and its new Ingeo corn-based fibers will be featured on the popular PBS children’s show Reading Rainbow later this…

University of Minnesota shows favorable results testing emissions Minneapolis, Minn. – Oat hulls could soon help warm the halls of the University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis campus. U of M steam…

Morris, Minn. – Minnesota lamb producers are not sheepish about taking a good idea back to the drawing board. Several years ago, AURI helped the Minnesota Lamb and Wool Producers…

Lindstrom, Minn. – Every spring, Sherry Stirling blankets her gardens and small vineyard in soft wool. Stirling and her husband Warner Johnson raise Merino-Dorset-cross sheep. She lays sheared wool in…

Water enriched with oxygen will help irrigated crops grow faster and more vigorous, a Bloomington company hopes to prove. AquaInnovations, Inc. makes water oxygenation systems for the sport-fishing industry. The…

Like mascots for Lifetime Fitness, lean and ripped, the Piedmontese swagger passively about the farmyard. These are no ordinary beef cattle. The heavily-muscled breed, from the Alpine regions of Northern…

Editors 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…

Bioenergy generates more calls and inquiries to AURI than any other topic. Whether it is biodiesel, biomass or anaerobic digesters, renewable ag-based energy questions abound. For energy-related information on the…

Redwood Falls, Minn. – Feathers and glycerin – byproducts of livestock rendering and biofuel productions – may be an ideal match for cattle diets. FUMPA Biofuels, a division of Farmers…

Cheap wood stumps are history. In 1985, aspen stumpage sold for about $2 a cord. Today it sells for about $55 and can go as high as $95 per cord,…