Vol. 11, No. 1
This edition of Ag Innovation News was originally published in approximately January of 2002.
Ag Innovation News
You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone, right? That’s especially true when it comes to energy. We’ve grown accustomed to instant power;
HACCP workshop this month St. Cloud, Minn. — AURI is offering Minnesota meat and poultry processors a workshop on January 15-16 for training and
Mankato, Minn. — Oil and water don’t mix, but soy biodiesel and ethanol are a powerful pair. They are being tested as a
Dawson, Minn. — This month, a southwest Minnesota cooperative will begin processing its own pork in a $6 million packing plant. Prairie Farmers
Elk River, Minn. — Robert Walker has smelled the opportunity in biomass energy, and it has him wide awake after a comfortable sleep.
Le Center, Minn. — Microbiologist Peter Nash has always been ahead of his time. During the Gulf War, he worked on anthrax tests,
Brandon, Minn. — Kaye Zebarth is an “antler farmer.” She and her husband, a Douglas County veterinarian, raise domesticated North American elk. Last
Benson, Minn. — A By E. M. Morrison Prairie Lamb Cooperative is bringing the taste of the East to a Minnesota grocery near
Glenville, Minn. — Some 500 southern Minnesota farmers are planning to pump an array of high-value products from soybean oil — from nutritional supplements
Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a four-part series that explores AURI — who it helps and the services it provides Minnesota.
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
Want to be “chock fuel” of information on alternative ag-based energy? Speed to these selected Web sites — information ranges from do-it-yourself biodiesel
When ensuring the safety of beef, why not try a little tenderness? Both are promised by Meat Processing Services Corporation of St. Paul,