Vol. 13, No. 1
This edition of Ag Innovation News was originally published in approximately January of 2004.
Ag Innovation News
We are an energy-hungry society. From appliances and automobiles to cellular phones and home computers, it takes power to run our lives. Since
Louisville, Kentucky – AURI client Joshua Zeithamer of Alexandria, Minn. has been named the American Star in Agribusiness by the National FFA Organization.
AURI, poised to be a national leader in renewable energy, is launching the Center for Producer-Owned Energy. With a $1 million federal grant and
AURI’s proposal to the USDA, to launch the Center of Producer-Owned Energy, included more than 50 letters of support from agricultural and rural development
Several producer-owned and private companies, involved in renewable energy production and distribution, supported AURI’s bid for federal funding of the Center for Producer Owned
Ethanol: In 1992, the State of Minnesota set a goal of replacing 10 percent of the state’s gasoline with domestically-produced ethanol. The state
Editors note: The following is based on a story by the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association. Faribault, Minn. – A young farm boy in 1964,
Brewster, Minn. – Steam billowed into the cool December air as the Minnesota Soybean Processors cooperative fired up its newly-constructed soybean crushing plant.
Medina, Minn. – Residents of Minnesota’s most populous county may soon notice something missing – the unpleasant smell of diesel exhaust. Hennepin County
When John Goodman opens his laptop at meetings, he never looks for an electric outlet or worries about his battery going dead in
How do fuel cells work? Fuel cells create energy, not by burning, but by an electrochemical reaction between hydrogen, oxygen, and a catalyst. Like
Minnesota has no coal or oil deposits, but someday the state could produce plenty of homegrown hydrogen from its abundant agricultural products. Renewable hydrogen
Minnesota could become a major player in the rapidly emerging fuel cell industry. The sector is so young that the state does not yet
Is it economical for Minnesota communities to turn waste into power? AURI now has a tool to help find the answer. Anaerobic digesters that
Renewable energy is one of the hottest discussion topics around AURI, especially since the Institute was selected as one of 10 national sites to
Editors note: As a service to our readers, we provide news about the work of others in the ag utilization arena. Often, research done
Waseca, Minn. – Skinny sticks with sporadic tufts of brown and gold leaves, five-foot willow shrubs stretch skyward, soaking up the last rays of