Research

The quest for a plastic that comes from nature and returns to it

Reading Time: 4 minutesWith support from Minnesota Corn, University of Minnesota researchers aim to improve the degradability of corn-based plastics.

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Investigating a new, more efficient path from corn-to-energy

Reading Time: 3 minutesWith support from the corn checkoff, University of Minnesota researcher Dr. Paul Dauenhauer is exploring new technology that could make it possible to convert corn into another biofuel: methanol.

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The crop is innovation: University of Minnesota’s Center for Sustainable Polymers

Reading Time: 5 minutesA decade-long partnership between CSP and Minnesota corn farmers has resulted in a handful of revolutionary products and processes, with more on the horizon

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Innovation Grants Drive On-Farm Results

Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom variable-rate fertility trials to on-farm soil health demonstrations, Minnesota Corn’s Innovation Grant program puts farmer ideas to work across the state.

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Checkoff Research Powering Progress

Reading Time: 2 minutesCheckoff-supported research is working to keep nutrients in the field, improve profitability, and open doors to new markets for Minnesota corn.

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Does healthier soil produce significant nitrogen?

Reading Time: 2 minutesAnna Cates is studying how cover crops and reduced tillage impact the biological process that drives nitrogen mineralization in soils.

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Minnesota Corn approves 2025 research projects

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThirty-three projects studying everything from the viability of converting corn to methanol to the impact of nitrogen rates on economic returns and environmental losses will receive funding this year.

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Can cover crops and no-till work on irrigated land?

Reading Time: 2 minutesWith support from Minnesota Corn, Vasu Sharma is researching the use of cover crops and reduced tillage in an irrigation regimen.

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Speaking the language of bacteria

Reading Time: 2 minutesMinnesota Corn-funded research is investigating a way to disrupt the bacteria that causes Goss’s Wilt without chemical controls.

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