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Development of Biobased Class B Fire Retardant

This project will develop and scale up for manufacture, agricultural component-based, next generation Class B and/or Class A/B firefighting concentrate compatible with on-truck liquid delivery systems....

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Development of Biobased Materials Profile

The primary purpose of this project is to understand the characteristics of conventional plastics and opportunities that may exist to integrate biobased materials in that marketplace. Research...

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BioBased Nylon

BioAmber's proposal is a value-added project that will expedite the development of a cost effective, high performance chemical product made from corn sugar with fermentation biotechnology. The...

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Corn Protein Plastics for Agricultural Products

The proposed work focuses on developing plastic and composite materials from corn protein and polylactic acid blends. The PI already has developed many formulations of plant protein blends and will use...

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Adequacy of manure produced by feedlot cattle housed under various facility...

Given the variety of facility designs and layouts, we expect to determine how facility where cattle are housed determines nutrient value of manure. Thus, we propose to test the hypothesis that the type...

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Agricultural Processing Co-Products Assessment

The Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI) is proposing the development of a project to identify, characterize and determine potential value-added uses for undervalued and underutilized...

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Value added materials from corn stover through precision chemical...

The family of molecules known as furans, and the principle members furfural (FF), can be derived from the cellulose, hemicellulose, glucan, xylan, and lignin found in corn stover. This project will...

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Financial and beef quality implications of corn crop harvest option...

Given the fact that many cattle feeders are also corn growers and demand for information regarding best option for a corn crop endpoint, this project will aid in evaluating shredlage (whole-plant...

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Battelle Study (2013)

The purpose of the Battelle study is develop a strategic roadmap to guide future investments towards market opportunities that are identified in agbioscience within Minnesota. The Battelle Institute...

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On-Farm Evaluation and Demonstration Plot of Cover Crops Following Corn...

This project will evaluate cover crop biomass and performance following the harvest of corn silage. The cost of various cover crops and seeding methods will be considered. There will be an assessment...

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Mitigating HCl Emissions from the Gasification of Corn Cobs Using Low Cost...

The objective of this project is to test the efficacy of three potential HCl mitigation agents (lime, kaolin, and dolomite) at laboratory scale as a pilot project to guide the design of a full-scale...

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Water Extraction of Thin Stillage (2014)

This project will explore the application of a technology called liquid/liquid extraction on thin stillage to fractionate corn thin stillage into its component parts so they can be recovered separately...

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Enhancing the Feeding Value of Corn Residues to Improve Beef Cattle...

The focus of this research is to determine the most cost-effective approach for enhancing feed value of poor quality roughages (corn residue); development of alternative grazing approaches for...

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BBA-BioIndustrial Partnership of Minnesota (2011)

The BioBusiness Alliance and its partners developed an implementation plan to sustain and grow Minnesota’s position as a global leader for advanced biofuels and biochemicals manufacturing. To ensure...

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Hydrothermal Carbonization (HTC) of Stillage Products Generated from Corn...

The objective of this project is to evaluate hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) as a method to convert stillage products into highly absorbent carbon char and aqueous solutions suitable for use as a...

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