Legislative Update: You made a difference!
 Thank you to all of you who responded to the request earlier this month to contact legislators in support of the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute's funding. There were many calls and emails to the Capitol, and your support was greatly appreciated! While the agriculture funding bills are not yet completed, we can report that at this time the House agriculture budget restored the Institute's funding so that it remains the same as the last biennium. We'll send a full update when the session is completed, but a huge THANK YOU from all of us at the Institute for your support!
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AURI continues to build on efforts that began after the report "Agbioscience as a Development Driver: Minnesota Agbioscience Strategy" showed that Minnesota's economic future may well be rooted in its historic leadership in agriculture. Agbioscience is the fusion of agriculture and the associated biosciences that encompasses agricultural innovation, research and processing. The state's agbioscience industry has multi-billion dollar potential, benefits both rural and urban areas and could make Minnesota a global leader in an area critical to our future: food.