March 2014

Minnesota Cup entries due May 9

>Listen to a radio segment about Minnesota Cup AURI is teaming up with Minnesota Cup to encourage innovators to submit their great business ideas to compete for more than $300,000 in prize money. The competition is free to enter and encourages entries from a wide range of businesses, entrepreneurs and inventors in seven divisions: Energy/Clean Tech Food/Agriculture/Beverage General High Tech Life Science/Health IT Social Entrepreneurs Student Entrepreneurs Those participating in… Continue Reading Minnesota Cup entries due May 9

Midwest Ag honored for developing international markets

Midwest Ag Enterprises, one of AURI’s 2013 Ag Innovators of the Year, was selected as a recipient of the 2013 Minnesota Governor’s International Trade Awards. Midwest Ag Enterprises, which sells animal feed, was honored for developing and continuing to grow a significant part of its business in foreign markets, for increasing or maintaining jobs in Minnesota to support international sales and for developing novel approaches for competing globally. >Read the… Continue Reading Midwest Ag honored for developing international markets

AURI’s 2013 Annual Report: Growing Minnesota’s economy one commodity and one business at a time.

AURI’s 2013 Annual Report: Growing Minnesota’s economy one commodity and one business at a time includes a recap of the impact our work has had for the state of Minnesota and project highlights from the state’s 2013 fiscal year. >View AURI’s 2013 Annual Report