TECHNE CORPORATION DECLARES DIVIDEND


Minneapolis/August 3, 2010/--Techne Corporation (NASDAQ:TECH) announced that
its Board of Directors has decided to pay a dividend of $0.26 per share for
the quarter ended June 30, 2010.  The quarterly dividend will be payable
August 31, 2010 to all common shareholders of record on August 16, 2010.
Future cash dividends will be considered by the Board of Directors on a
quarterly basis.


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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