Rural Development, Business and Cooperative Programs

Agriculture Innovation Center Program

The Agriculture Innovation Center (AIC) Program was authorized by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, better known as the 2002 Farm Bill. In 2003, ten grants were awarded to centers around the country to provide technical and business development assistance to agricultural producers seeking to enter into ventures that add value to commodities or products they produce. A list of centers is below.

State	Center	Amount
Indiana	Agricultural Innovation and Commercialization Center http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/aicc/conf.asp	$1,000,000
Iowa	Iowa Agriculture Innovation Center http://www.iowaaginnovationcenter.com/	$1,000,000
Kansas	Kansas Ag Innovation Center http://www.agecon.ksu.edu/innovation/	$1,000,000
Michigan	Great Lakes Agriculture Innovation Program Michigan State Univeristy Product Center http://www.productcenter.msu.edu	$999,860
Minnesota	Agricultural Utilization Research Institute http://www.auri.org/	1,000,000
Montana	Montana Agriculture Innovation Center	$1,000,000
New Jersey	Rutgers University Food Innovation Center http://www.fire.rutgers.edu/	$1,000,000
New York	New York Agricultural Innovation Center http://agviability.cornell.edu/index.htm	$993,200
North Dakota	Agricultural Innovation Demonstration Center	$1,000,000
Pennsylvania	The Keystone Agricultural Innovation Center http://kaic.psu.edu/	$996,935