The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is supporting the Kernza® supply chain and market by funding multiple perennial grain businesses through its Continuous Living Cover* (CLC) Grant, which awarded $431,637 to 10 new projects in the state. Bang Brewing and Sturdiwheat will both receive funding to modify their recipes to increase the percentage of Kernza … Continue reading Minnesota Department of Agriculture Supports Kernza® & Perennial Crop Markets

The Land Institute’s Crop Stewardship Program released its 2024 Kernza Supply support this March, providing insights on planting, harvest, and management data from Kernza growers across several regions of the US. This detailed report incorporates self-reported statistics directly from growers related to total acreage, yield data, storage data, growing conditions, harvest products, planting intentions, and … Continue reading 2024 Kernza® Planting and Harvest Report Now Available

The Delaware-based brewery Dogfish Head partnered with the Grateful Dead on their new Juicy Pale Ale, a beer brewed with Kernza perennial grain, granola, and El Dorado and Azacca hops. This beer is now available at retailers nationwide, making it one of the most widely available products in the US containing Kernza. The Dogfish Head … Continue reading Kernza® Featured in New Dogfish Head x Grateful Dead Beer

In collaboration with private sector businesses and external research partners, the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI) released a report detailing Kernza’s uses and behavior in brewing, distilling, malting, and baking to support Minnesota businesses and beyond. The insights within this report are critical for developing strong supply chains and commercialization networks for Kernza to support … Continue reading Kernza® Value-Added Uses for Malting, Brewing, and Distilling (AURI)

The KernzaCAP Year 4 Annual Report summarizes achievements, activities, and publications from KernzaCAP collaborators during the September 2023 to August 2024 project year. The report is organized by Objective Teams and addresses progress in each objective area. It was compiled by Project Manager Josh Kielsmeier-Cook and Project Specialist Evelyn Reilly. Please feel free to share—it … Continue reading Kernza®CAP Releases Year Four Annual Report

The agriculture and conservation organization American Farmland Trust (AFT) and solar energy company Sol Systems launched an initiative to advance the emerging agrivoltaics field through perennial agriculture by incorporating commercial Kernza® perennial grain production. This innovative project seeks to combine solar energy and agricultural production to support the long-term health of soils and natural resources … Continue reading Collaboration to Advance Agrivoltaics through Kernza® Perennial Grain

Researchers Takehiro Murai and George A. Annor from the University of Minnesota’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS) analyzed the use of Kernza in fermentation and the potential for this process to enhance the nutritional qualities of the perennial grain, documenting their findings in the paper “Improving the Nutritional Profile of Intermediate … Continue reading Kernza for Fermentation and Nutrition: New Research from the University of Minnesota

The Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI) hosted a podcast with AURI’s Business Development Director of Novel Supply Chains, Alexandra Ostlund, and Juan Medina Bielski, Malting Scientist at RahrBSG, to discuss the emerging use of Kernza perennial grain in the brewing and distilling industries, initial challenges that have been encountered, and the prospects of utilizing Kernza … Continue reading Ag Innovation News: Brewing and Distilling with Kernza

Kernza®CAP News is a newsletter that provides updates, stories, and events associated with the Kernza®CAP grant. You can read the December 2024 issue here. You can subscribe to Kernza®CAP News here to get future issues delivered straight to your inbox.   Read the December 2024 Newsletter

What is the Kernza® Carbon Planner? Kernza® Carbon Planner is an estimation platform for farmers, food and beverage producers, and policymakers to project reliable, scientifically-backed soil carbon sequestration modeling data for Kernza® perennial grain. The US county-level modeling system will estimate the yearly average amount of soil carbon sequestered in a five-year Kernza® rotation following … Continue reading Kernza^® Carbon Planner