AURI Board of Directors

Agricultural Utilization Research Institute announces new board directors

The board of directors of the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute welcomed two new members at its regularly scheduled February meeting. The new directors are: John Schafer, representing the Minnesota Beef Council. Schafer raises Hereford cattle and crops in Buffalo Lake, Minnesota Dr. Jill Zullo, representing Minnesota agribusiness. Zullo is the Technical Director for Corn Milling at Cargill The Agriculture Utilization Research Institute’s additional directors are: Ron Obermoller, Chair, representing Minnesota… Continue Reading Agricultural Utilization Research Institute announces new board directors

Kim Hintz of Agribank appointed to Agricultural Utilization Research Institute board

Kim Hintz, senior lending officer at Agribank, has been appointed to represent agribusiness on the Board of Directors of the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI). Hintz has more than 10 years of agricultural lending experience, working at the St. Paul Bank for Cooperatives, CoBank and Agribank. Hintz previously owned and operated a swine operation in North Dakota for the purpose of raising breeding stock for producers in southern Minnesota in… Continue Reading Kim Hintz of Agribank appointed to Agricultural Utilization Research Institute board

AURI board appoints/nominates new and returning members

At a regularly scheduled board meeting on Thursday, December 19, 2013, the board of directors of the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI) appointed one new member for seating on the board immediately and re-nominated two members to be seated in January 2014, as is AURI’s customary practice. The appointments, as follows, are: New: Former State Majority Leader Roger Moe, to a temporary, six-month appointment by the board following the resignation… Continue Reading AURI board appoints/nominates new and returning members