AURI is actually a tenant in part of the Owen Hall Annex and Addition . It is an entity independent from UMC, but it has close ties to UMC's mission of outreach.

AURI was created to foster long term economic benefit through increased business and employment opportunities to rural Minnesota through:

• the identification and creation of new markets for new or existing commodities, ingredients and products
• the development of new uses or value improvements for Minnesota agricultural commodities
  
  For more information, go to: Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI)