Posts in 2021
NCI Market Update: Special Edition featuring the 2021 Hard Spring and Durum Wheat Tour

Enjoy watching the NCI Market Update: Special Edition from Thursday, July 29th, 2021. This forty-five minute market update featured Dave Green from the Wheat Quality Council as he discussed the 2021 Hard Spring and Durum Wheat Tour. Some of the topics covered in his presentation included a review of the tour, what they saw, estimated yield potential and more! The webinar included a live Q&A and playback of final tour discussion! Click here to view the video.

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NCI Market Update: Weather Edition with Daryl Ritchison

Enjoy watching the NCI Market Update: Weather Edition from Wednesday, July 7th, 2021. This hour long commodity market update featured Daryl Ritchison, Director of the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network (NDAWN). During the webinar, the Daryl discussed the forecast for the United States as well as a quick look at the Ukrainian/Russian wheat situation! Click here to view the video.

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Aquafeeds: The Fastest Growing Demand for Grain of any Animal Feed with Kevin Fitzsimmons

Enjoy watching the Future of Feeding webinar from Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021! Join us as we hear from Dr. Kevin Fitzsimmons, past President of the World Aquaculture Society and a Professor and Extension Specialist at the University of Arizona, as he talks about commercial fishing, aquaculture, aquafeeds and more! Click here to view the video.

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U.S. Soy-Optimized Aquaculture Feed: The Pathway to Sustainable Productivity with Lukas Manomaitis

Enjoy watching the Future of Feeding webinar from Wednesday, May 26th, 2021! Join us as we hear from Lukas Manomaitis, Aquaculture Program Technical Contractor with the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC), as he talks about soy products that are suitable for aquafeeds, high quality, nutritionally complete feeds made with certified sustainable ingredients and more! Click here to view the video.

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Local Grain Economies: Integrating Stone Milling in Bakeries and Farms with Andrew Heyn

Enjoy watching the Cereal Innovators webinar from Wednesday, May 12th, 2021! Join us as we hear from Andrew Heyn, owner of New American Stone Mills, as he talks about stone mill anatomy, fresh flour, incorporating local flour into production, connecting farmers and bakers, challenges and rewards of working with regional varietals, and more! Click here to view the video.

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NCI Market Update: Weather Edition with Daryl Ritchison

Enjoy watching the NCI Market Update: Weather Edition from Wednesday, May 5th, 2021. This hour long commodity market update featured Daryl Ritchison, Director of the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network (NDAWN). During the webinar, the Daryl discussed weather impact on global crops, including the Brazilian Safrinha Corn Crop, Ukrainian outlook on this year’s wheat crop, major corn and soybean areas in the United States as well as spring wheat and more! Click here to view the video.

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Precision Nutrition Part 1: Understanding Ingredient Variation to Manage Profitability with Matthew Clark

Enjoy watching the Future of Feeding webinar from Wednesday, April 28th, 2021. The Future of Feeding is NCI's newest webinar series! For our inaugural webinar, we are pleased to be joined by Matthew Clark from Genesis Feed Technologies. Matthew will cover implications of safety margins on ingredients, how much they cost, how much they contribute to the feed performance, the purchasing process and much more! Click here to view the video.

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NCI Market Update with Jim Peterson & Mike Krueger

Enjoy watching the NCI Market Update from Wednesday, April 21st, 2021. This hour long commodity market update featured Jim Peterson, policy and marketing director for the North Dakota Wheat Commission and Mike Krueger, cash grain trader, market advisor, commodities broker, and founder of MoneyFarm. During the webinar, the duo discussed current market trends, the WASDE report, and current projections as we enter spring planting in the northern hemisphere. Click here to view the video.

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Tackling Wheat Digestibility: FODMAP and ATI Levels in a Diverse Panel of Spring Wheat Varieties with Dr. George Annor and Dr. James Anderson

Enjoy watching the Cereal Innovators webinar from Wednesday, April 14th, 2021. Join us as we hear from Dr. George Annor, cereal chemist in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Minnesota, and Dr. James Anderson, Professor of Wheat Breeding and Genetics at the University of Minnesota. In this hour-long webinar, they cover insights from preliminary research indicating a meaningful impact on the wheat industry—from the farmers to the bakers to the consumers, and more. Click here to view the video.

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NCI Market Update: Renewable Diesel Edition with Billy Burns

Enjoy watching the NCI Market Update from Wednesday, April 7th, 2021. This hour long commodity market update featured Billy Burns, risk management consultant at StoneX, an institutional-grade financial services network that connects companies, organizations, traders and investors to the global markets ecosystem through a unique blend of digital platforms, end-to-end clearing and execution services, high-touch service and deep expertise. Billy specializes in fats and oils and discussed biodiesel and renewable diesel in his presentation. Click here to view the video.

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NCI Market Update with Brian Burke

Enjoy watching the NCI Market Update from Wednesday, March 17th, 2021. This hour long commodity market update featured Brian Burke, president of John Stewart and Associates, a privately-held agriculture trading company dedicated to helping its clients hedge risk from price volatility by developing strategies and recommendations using futures, options, and swaps. Click here to view the video.

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Thinking About Better Foods From Veggie Granola To Sprouted Grains with Randy Peterson

Welcome to Cereal Innovators! Join us as we hear from Randy Peterson, president of Maltwerks and director of Think Better Foods, both based out of Detroit Lakes, MN, as he discusses their unique product offerings including, healthy sprouted grains and their innovative vegetable crumbles. Veggies Crumbles are a value added ingredient, made from 100% vegetables that is an easy, fast and versatile way to add more nutrition, color and texture to your food products, meals and snacks! Click here to view the video.

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