Posts in 2022
A Year of Innovation in Pasta, Rice and Noodles with Melanie Bartelme

Enjoy watching the Cereal Innovators webinar from Wednesday, April 13th, 2022! Join us as we hear from Melanie Bartelme, Associate Director and Global Food Analyst for Mintel Food & Drink, as she talked about "A Year of Innovation in Pasta, Rice, and Noodles for 2021". Some key topics that she discussed during the hour-long webinar included: innovative product launches, the global retail market, a review of pasta, rice, and noodles, trends within the industry and more! Click here to view the video.

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NCI Market Update with Zsolt Vincze

Enjoy watching the NCI Market Update from Wednesday, March 16th, 2022. This hour long commodity market update featured Zsolt Vincze, Senior Vice President of R.J. O’Brien & Associates, as he discussed the WASDE report along with the current situation in Ukraine.

Zsolt commented on the hostile situation and how the Ukrainian Agricultural Market will be volatile for some time. Zsolt stated that studies predict that Ukraine’s planting acres will be down by 40%. Zsolt predicts that the diminishing resources will cause the hostile situation to dissolve around Easter. No matter what, Zsolt stated that the lack of grain from Russia and Ukraine will force buyers to get their grain from alternative sources. Zsolt ended his presentation by giving advice to buyers, “Make sure to cover the next three months needs, and then make adjustment accordingly.” Click here to view the video.

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The Development of Cereal Grain Based Enterprises with Bill Patrie

Enjoy watching the Cereal Innovators webinar from Wednesday, March 9th, 2022! Join us as we hear from Mr. Bill Patrie, Economic Development Consulting Advisor in Bismarck, ND as he talked about a tried-and-true business development format for community leaders interested in engaging in sustainable business development. This format particularly lends itself to the development of cereal grain-based enterprises.

The webinar will definitely be of interest to cereal grain producers, entrepreneurs, economic developers, and community leaders, to obtain a proven methodology for cereal grain business in rural America. Click here to view the video.

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NCI Market Update: Special Edition with Walter Lanza

Enjoy watching the NCI Market Update: Special Edition from Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022. This hour long special edition featured Walter Lanza, Commodity Export Trade Manager for The Scoular Company. During his hour-long webinar he discussed an overview of the Global Freight Market & Supply Chain Challenges. Shipping containers are the building block of global trade. Due to disruptions in the past year, supply chains all over the globe have been affected. As a result, the tight capacity on shipping lines has brought record rates. Walter gave a deep dive on how the market changed in the past year, what we should expect for the upcoming year, and how that affects the agriculture global market. Click here to view the video.

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Food Industry Trends That Impact Cereal Grain Opportunities with Neil Doty

Enjoy watching the Cereal Innovators webinar from Wednesday, February 9th, 2022! Join us as we hear from Dr. Neil Doty, Business Development Manager at the Northern Crops Institute as he talked about current and future food industry trends that will be instrumental in fostering and expanding cereal grain business opportunities.

This webinar may be helpful for entrepreneurs, economic developers, and community leaders. Click here to view the video.

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NCI Market Update: Special Edition with Jim Peterson

Enjoy watching the NCI Market Update: Special Edition from Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022. This hour long special edition featured Jim Peterson, Policy and Marketing Director for the North Dakota Wheat Commission. During his hour-long webinar he discussed an overview of the 2021 durum situation as well as and an outlook for 2022; both in the U.S. and also some perspective on Canada and the world, and more! Click here to view the video.

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Future of Feeds - Fermented Phytochemicals as Natural Antimicrobials in Feeds with Dr. Kalidas Shetty

Enjoy watching the Future of Feeding webinar from Wednesday, January 26th, 2022! Join us as we hear from Dr. Kalidas Shetty, professor at North Dakota State University, as he talks about the prevalence of food borne pathogens in farm processed meat and poultry products, targeting of natural phytochemical-based antimicrobial feeds to counter food borne pathogens as a safe and cost-effective alternative to synthetic antibiotics and more! Click here to view the video.

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Cereal Foods Manufacturing Start-Up Guide with Neil Doty and Delore Zimmerman

Enjoy watching the Cereal Innovators webinar from Wednesday, January 12th, 2022! Join us as we hear from Dr. Neil Doty, Business Development Manager at the Northern Crops Institute and Dr. Delore Zimmerman, President and CEO of the Praxis Strategy Group. During the webinar the two talked about the “Cereal Foods Manufacturing Start-Up Guide”.

This webinar may be helpful for entrepreneurs, economic developers, and community leaders as the two discussed pertinent topics to successfully launch a cereal foods manufacturing business. Click here to view the video.

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