Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources is Topic of 2017-2018 Colloquium Series at Minnesota State Mankato

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Oct. 24, 2017 Mankato, Minn. – Minnesota State University, Mankato Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Marilyn Wells announced that Minnesota State Mankato is holding a 2017-2018 colloquium series titled “We Have Ag!” that is intended to highlight the University’s distinctive academics, research and industry connections in agriculture, food […]

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Mankato’s Aglytix touted as ‘big data’ center

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Mankato Free Press | Tim Krohn | Aug 13, 2017 MANKATO — A Mankato start-up that is delving deep into the growing stream of data from satellites and drones is making a big splash not just in the agriculture community but in the world of “big data” and Silicone Valley. Read Full Article Here

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Schwan’s invests in large-scale shrimp operation among Minnesota cornfields

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Star Tribune | Kristen Leigh Painter | August 14, 2017 Schwan’s hopes to make a splash with first big prawn farm in landlocked fields. Read Full Article Here:

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St. Peter Graduate Helps Create Regional Job Search Website

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Le Center Leader | Ashley Murtha | Jul 29, 2017 A new regional jobs website makes finding jobs easier by using an online dating approach. “It’s like Indeed meets eHarmony,” Bridget Norland, director of marketing and communications at Greater Mankato Growth, said.

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Al-Corn Clean Fuel’s Quarterly Newsletter

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Below links to Al-Corn Clean Fuel’s Quarterly Newsletter, as well as a video outlining the benefits of the expansion and modernization project currently underway at the Claremont, MN facility.

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Touring teachers gain ideas for bringing agriculture into the classroom

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Mankato Free Press | Kristine Goodrich | Jul 25, 2017 MANKATO — Teachers from across the state who came to south-central Minnesota got to watch calves being born, drive a tractor, tour a swine research center and more. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture held a tour of area farms, businesses and education facilities Monday and Tuesday for […]

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Fresh local salad greens year-round in Minnesota? Living Greens looks to aeroponics

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Great innovation in the GreenSeam:  By Beth Dooley Special to the Star Tribune | JANUARY 25, 2017   How can leafy lettuces, perky sprouts and fresh herbs be local in mid-winter? Even in the depths of this chilly season, vibrant local greens are growing. Along with the more familiar hydroponic method of cultivating greenhouse plants […]

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Sanborn Cheese Plant Expansion to Double Production

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Sioux City Journal | Tim Hynds | July 2, 2017 SANBORN, Iowa — “It was time” was the most succinct way Bruce Brockshus could say the Associated Milk Producers Inc. Plant in Sanborn needed to be updated. Brockshus sits on the New Ulm, Minnesota-based dairy cooperative’s board of directors and runs a 550-head dairy farm […]

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