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An Introduction to Soybeans

Published June 10, 2026

The American Soybean Association's World Initiative for Soy in Human Health hosted an international training program at the Northern Crops Institute in Fargo this past week. Participants came from Ghana, Kenya, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic.…
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NCI Announces Key Hires

Published April 29, 2025

Fargo-based Northern Crops Institute is at full staffing levels. Dr. Fatemeh Zare has been a NCI food scientist for three years and has been promoted to technical manager. Sam Wagner is a new processing technologist and Deepa Pradhan is a…
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Ag Budget Includes $17 Million Boost

Published April 27, 2025

The Minnesota Legislature is in its final month. The House-passed ag budget bill increases total funding for agriculture in the state by $17 million. Agricultural lobbyist Bruce Kleven says there were multiple wins in the House budget bill. "One of…
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Boehm Leads NCI

Published January 16, 2025

The Northern Crops Institute has named its new director. David Boehm has been NCI’s technical manager since 2019 and the co-interim director for nearly a year. Previously, Boehm worked for SES VanderHave and AgriPro Wheat.
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Identifying Herbicide Resistance

Published October 3, 2024

The National Agricultural Genotyping Center based in Fargo, North Dakota is working on identifying herbicide-resistant weed species in a lab setting. “We can just do it on a leaf sample,” said Zack Bateson, research manager. Bateson highlighted the rapidness of…
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Freeman Succeeds Folland on Northern Crops Council

Published April 30, 2024

Paul Freeman has replaced Kris Folland as the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council representative on the Northern Crops Council. "We grow better quality soybeans up here and we're always looking for new markets and that expanded both NCI and…
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Jirik Leaves NCI Post

Published February 8, 2024

After six years on the job, Northern Crops Institute Director Mark Jirik is stepping down. "For me personally, there's still a lot of things that I want to do careerwise and for a number of reasons the timing was right," said…
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Register for NCI Future of Feeding Webinar

Published January 19, 2024

The Northern Crops Institute is hosting a Future of Feeding webinar on Wednesday at 9 AM.  This webinar will feature Andrew Baker, export manager, POET. This webinar series focuses on using innovation in the processing of animal food, the equipment…
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Register for NCI Market Outlook Webinar

Published January 12, 2024

The Northern Crops Institute is hosting a market update webinar on Wednesday at 8 AM. This webinar will feature Jim Sullivan, executive vice president, Leese Group. Sullivan will discuss the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates for key agricultural products.…
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