The Northern Crops Institute (NCI) recently held the seventh installment in their Market Update Webinar Series on Wednesday, January 21st, 2021. These Market Updates continue to serve as one of the innovative ways NCI fulfills its mission. The webinar series was created to engage with past course participants, and offer market insights to those professionals. By providing pertinent information to past course participants NCI fosters growth and learning globally.
Read MoreThe series continues! Join us as we take a virtual tour of the crops that are grown right here in the northern United States. This amazingly diverse set of plants produces food, fiber, and fuel for us. Today, we are looking specifically at soybeans and their impact.
Read MoreThe Northern Crops Institute is excited to announce the Healthy Solutions for Food Barley Course. This course will take place virtually starting on January 26, 2021 and will feature four live video sessions. Designed as an innovative look at what is going on in the food barley industry, this course is a new opportunity for participants to learn more about food grade barley.
Read MoreThis week Zsolt Vincze was the feature presenter in the sixth NCI Market Update. This Market Update was part of an ongoing series created to serve past procurement course participants through providing new opportunities for participants to learn from a wide variety of experts. NCI strives to foster continued growth and professional development through these updates. The information provided to past course participants strengthens these connections and works to highlight market changes.
Read MoreRecently, Daryl Richardson gave the feature presentation in the fifth NCI Market Update. This Market Update was part of an ongoing series created to serve past procurement course participants through providing new opportunities for participants to learn from a wide variety of experts. NCI strives to foster continued growth and professional development through these updates. The information provided to past course participants strengthens these connections and works to highlight market changes.
Read MoreAs a continuation of the blog series, Exploring the Crops of the Northern Region, this blog will explore sunflowers. These pretty plants are grown in force across the Northern region. There are two major types of sunflowers grown across the US, oilseed and confectionary. This blog will take a look at the two types and what they are used for.
Read MoreLast week NCI presented the fourth installment in the Market Update series, featuring Dr. William Tierney. These Market Updates focus on serving past procurement course participants through providing new opportunities for participants to learn. With this engaged style, NCI focuses on fostering continued growth and professional development. Providing information to past course participants on a regular basis strengthens these connections and works to highlight market changes.
Read MoreAs a continuation of the blog series, Exploring the Crops of the Northern Region, this week will dive into wheat production. Wheat is a central crop for the Northern region that provides human and animal nutrition, as well as fiber and by-products. Let’s take a closer look at how wheat is being grown and used in this region and beyond.
Read MoreThe Northern Crops Institute (NCI) recently completed its annual grain procurement course. This longstanding course has been a mainstay of the institute, since its inception in 1983. Over the years, the course has connected hundreds of participants from around the globe, and introduced them to the mechanics of grain merchandising.
Read MoreAs a continuation of the blog series, Exploring the Crops of the Northern Region, this week we will take a closer look at canola. This crop is grown throughout the four-state region. Canola has quickly become important due to its use as a cooking oil and in processed foods. But the plant has more uses than just food! Canola is also used to make soaps, feed livestock, and as a fertilizer. Here we’ll take a closer look at them and dive into growth, production, and uses of the crop.
Read MoreThe third installment in the Market Update series continues to serve past course participants by providing new opportunities and industry experts for participants to learn from. As NCI looks to find innovative ways to fulfill their mission, providing information to past course participants through monthly market updates is an opportunity to do just that. The webinar series was created to engage with past course participants, and offer market insights to those professionals.
Read MoreYesterday NCI held the third webinar in the Feeding Fullfat Soybean Meal Handbook Webinar series. This month’s webinar was titled “Feeding Fullfat Soybean Meal to Ruminants.”
Participants from around the world were able to learn from industry experts and authors of the Northern Crops Institute Fullfat Soybean Meal Handbook. Attendees had the chance to ask questions and tailor the experience to their interests around the benefits of fullfat soybean meal. Participants interacted directly with handbook authors and presenters to learn more about feeding fullfat soybean meal to ruminants.
Read MoreThe Utilization of Hemp in the Food Marketplace course took place virtually yesterday. This webinar provided attendees opportunities to learn from industry experts and gain a better perspective on how hemp can be utilized in the food marketplace.
Read MoreRecently the Northern Crops Institute (NCI) in cooperation with Manufacturing in Montana and Agricultural Utilization Research Institute held the “Navigating Change and Building Resilience in Agrifood Processing” webinar. This webinar was designed to look at how Agrifood processors can adapt to a changing landscape.
Read MoreRecently NCI hosted the second installment in our four-part Fullfat Soybean Meal Webinar series.
This month’s webinar was titled “Feeding Fullfat Soybean Meal to Poultry.” Between the morning and evening session around 150 participants from across the globe were able to learn from industry experts, as well as the authors of the Northern Crops Institute Fullfat Soybean Meal Handbook. Attendees were also given the opportunity to ask questions about feeding fullfat soybean meal to poultry, and the handbook.
The Northern Crops Institute (NCI) recently held the second Market Update in a continuing series to serve past course participants. As NCI looks to find innovative ways to fulfill their mission, providing pertinent information to past course participants was a new opportunity to do just that. The webinar series was created to engage with past course participants, and offer market insights to those professionals.
Read MoreAs a continuation of the blog series, Exploring the Crops of the Northern Region, this week we will take a closer look at potatoes. Potatoes are an important crop in the northern region that provide nutrition, animal feed, and are used to make industrial products. Here we’ll take a closer look at them and dive into growth, production, and uses of that crop both domestically and globally.
Read MoreThis week is the beginning of a new series. Each blog post will take a closer look at a northern grown crop, and dive into growth, production, and uses of that crop both domestically and globally. Read more about corn here.
Read MoreThe Northern Crops Institute (NCI) recently held the first installment of its four-part Fullfat Soybean Meal Webinar series. This month’s webinar was titled “Feeding Fullfat Soybean Meal to Swine”. Over 100 attendees participated in the live webinar, which brought together people from around the globe to discuss the nuances and implications of feeding fullfat soybean meal to swine.
Read MoreThe Northern Crops Institute (NCI) recently held their first ever Market Update on Wednesday, July 15th, 2020. As NCI looks to find innovative ways to fulfill their mission, providing pertinent information to past course participants was a new opportunity to do just that. The webinar series was created to engage with past course participants, and offer market insights to those professionals.
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