8-K

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                FORM 8-K

                              CURRENT REPORT

                  PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                     SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

    Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): April 28, 2009

                            TECHNE CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


       Minnesota                     0-17272             41-1427402
(State or Other Jurisdiction       (Commission         I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)                  File Number)      Identification No.)

                614 Mckinley Place NE
                   Minneapolis, MN                       55413
       (Address of Principal Executive Offices)       (Zip Code)

     Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (612) 379-8854

                              Not Applicable
      (Former Name or Former Address, if changed since Last Report)

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Item 8.01  Other Events

A copy of the press release issued by Techne Corporation on April 28, 2009,
announcing a cash dividend and an increase in its share repurchase program
authorization is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.



Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (d) Exhibits

         99.1 Press Release dated April 28, 2009.








                            SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Dated: April 28, 2009                 TECHNE CORPORATION
                                      By: /s/ Thomas E. Oland
                                      ---------------------------
                                      Name: Thomas E. Oland
                                      Title: President and Chief
                                        Executive Officer



                          EXHIBIT INDEX

    Exhibit No. Description
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    99.1 Press release of Techne Corporation dated April 28, 2009.

EX-99.1

        TECHNE CORPORATION DECLARES DIVIDEND AND ANNOUNCES AN INCREASE
                     IN ITS SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM


Minneapolis/April 28, 2009/--Techne Corporation (NASDAQ:TECH) announced that
its Board of Directors has decided to pay a dividend of $0.25 per share for
the quarter ended March 31, 2009.  The quarterly dividend will be payable May
22, 2009 to all common shareholders of record on May 8, 2009.  Future cash
dividends will be considered by the Board of Directors on a quarterly basis.

Techne's Board of Directors also authorized the repurchase of an additional
$60 million of the Company's common stock in connection with its ongoing
share repurchase program, which does not have an expiration date. Including
the above amount, the total share repurchase authorization remaining is
approximately $67.5 million. Repurchases under the program will be at the
discretion of management and may be made in open market, pursuant to one or
more 10b5-1 plans, structured transactions, privately negotiated transactions
or otherwise, from time to time, depending on market conditions.  The stock
repurchase program may be modified or discontinued at any time.  The share
repurchase will be funded with a portion of the Company's existing cash and
available-for-sale investments.

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Techne Corporation has two operating subsidiaries:  Research and Diagnostic
Systems, Inc. (R&D Systems) of Minneapolis, Minnesota and R&D Systems Europe,
Ltd. (R&D Europe) of Abingdon, England.  R&D Systems is a specialty
manufacturer of biological products.  R&D Systems has two subsidiaries,
BiosPacific, Inc. (BiosPacific), located in Emeryville, California and R&D
Systems China Co. Ltd., (R&D China), located in Shanghai, China.  BiosPacific
is a worldwide supplier of biologics to manufacturers of in vitro diagnostic
systems and immunodiagnostic kits. R&D China and R&D Europe distribute
biotechnology products.


Contact:  Greg Melsen, Chief Financial Officer
          Kathy Backes, Controller
          (612) 379-8854