Course Details:
Dates: October 13 - 17, 2025
Location: Northern Crops Institute in Fargo, ND
Registration Fee: $1,900.00
Registration Deadline: September 12, 2025
Course Overview:
This course will provide an overview of many aspects of the corn industry. The course will explore new ideas for corn based foods, DDGS, Ethanol, shipping and logistics, options and procurement and an overview of corn production in the U.S. The course takes place in North Dakota with lectures from industry experts, farm visits and plant tours and more.
Course Objective:
Understanding Shipping and Logistics of corn products
Gaining first hand knowledge of DDGS uses
Learn about the current status and future potential of the global corn industry
Gain further understanding of production practices and sustainable agriculture
Major Topics:
Corn Farming Practices
DDGS
Ethanol
Shipping and Logistics
Options and Procurement
Who Should Attend?
This course will be available for entrepreneurs, marketers, farmers, and anyone who is looking to learn more about the corn industry as a whole.
How Do I Register?
Registration Fee: $1,900.00
Registration Deadline: September 12, 2025
Click on the “Register Now” button to pay by credit card. For group registrations and alternate methods of payment, please contact: casey.peterson@ndsu.edu.
Included in the registration fee are course materials, lunches and refreshments during the course and one evening dinner banquet. Airfare, hotel rooms and other meals are not included in the registration fee.
Hotel Information:
Information on hotels for the course will be provided to you upon registration. A valid credit card is required upon check-in at each hotel to cover your room expenses. Hotel rooms ARE NOT included in the course registration fee.
Transportation:
NCI will provide transportation during the course.
Cancellation Policies:
Requests to cancel a registration must be received on or before August 12, 2024 to receive a full refund. Requests to cancel a registration on or after August 13, 2023 will receive credit for a future NCI course that is good for 1 year. If NCI is forced to cancel this course, all registered participants will be immediately contacted, and each will receive a full refund within 10 business days. Substitutions may be made up to 3 days before the course begins. To read our full Event Refund & Cancelation Policy, click here.
General Information.
Northern Crops Institute
NDSU Dept. 7400
P.O. Box 6050
Fargo, ND 58108-6050 USA
Phone: 701-231-7736
Fax: 701-231-7235
Email: ndsu.nci@ndsu.edu
Website: www.northern-crops.com
About the Northern Crops Institute.
Northern Crops Institute is an international center for meeting and learning about crops produced in the four-state region of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Montana. Situated on the campus of North Dakota State University, Northern Crops Institute exists as a forum to bring together customers, commodity traders, technical experts, processors and producers from all points of the globe for discussion, education and technical service programs. Since 1983, the Institute has hosted visitors from more than 135 countries.
North Dakota State University is an Equal Opportunity Institution. This publication will be made available in alternative formats upon request (701-231-7736).