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The Ag Innovation Campus (AIC) opened an office in Crookston on Tuesday ahead of Wednesday’s ground-breaking ceremony. The office is located at 202 South Main Street. Tom Slunecka, the Executive Director/CEO of the Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council and Minnesota Soybean Growers Association this week, represents a big step for the AIC. “This is […]
One year after beginning the formal permitting process, the Ag Innovation Campus (AIC) has received a crucial air permitting approval from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), clearing a major hurdle as the value-added crushing facility prepares to break ground in the coming weeks. “This is a very big milestone for us,” AIC Project Manager
The Crookston Housing and Economic Development Authority (CHEDA) board met on Tuesday, approving the paying of an invoice to Industrial Process and Management Consultants, LLC, for $7,000. Last week, a motion to recommend approving the invoice died without a second during CHEDA’s Epitome Energy Advisory Committee meeting. CHEDA Board President Kurt Heldstab said he’d spoken
Farmers have a problem in Minnesota — soybean aphids are becoming resistant to insecticides incredibly fast. With only three families of insecticides available to treat aphids, losing just one is a big deal. Due to the rise in insecticide-resistant aphids, the Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council (MSR&PC) and the University of Minnesota are working
The announcement of a 21-million bushel soybean solvent-extraction facility, 30-million gallon biodiesel facility and specialty soybean mechanical extraction plant brings the promise of an exciting future to Crookston’s Ag industry. The process to determine a location for a new Epitome Energy, LCC plant began with finding an underutilized and underserved soybean market in Minnesota said
