Articles tagged under: Northern Crops Institute
NCI Releases New Soy Meal Handbook
Published June 8, 2020
Northern Crops Institute is publishing its first handbook and webinar series. This publication focuses on how farmers and feed millers can feed full fat soybeans. This project is a collaboration of NCI, the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council and…New Role for Sinner at NCI
Published April 22, 2020
The Northern Crops Institute has hired Nick Sinner as a program director with a focus on barley, corn, pulse crops and industrial hemp. Most recently, Sinner was a processing technologist at NCI. Previously, Sinner was the executive director of the…NCI Adds Two New Members to Technical Team
Published April 7, 2020
The Northern Crops Institute has hired Dr. Minwei Xu as a food scientist and Mary Niehaus as a food technologist. Xu has fine years of supervisory experience as a lab director in the area of food analysis. Niehaus spent the…Boehm Joins Northern Crops Institute
Published February 26, 2020
David Boehm is the new Technical Manager at the Northern Crops Institute. In the new role, Boehm will manage and assist the Institute’s technical staff and client services. Before joining the Institute, Boehm was the research and development manager for…NCI Hosting a PNW Tour
Published February 7, 2020
The Northern Crops Institute is hosting a three-day export tour in Portland, Oregon March 18th-20th. The tour is an opportunity for those involved in agriculture to visit the grain export facilities in the Pacific Northwest and to experience in person…Perspective on the Australian Fires
Published January 30, 2020
Northern Crops Institute Director Mark Jirik recently traveled to Australia, including the bush country that is dealing with wildfires. Jirik says the area impacted is very small. "For those living through it, it is obviously a major ordeal, but for…Ag Commissioner Tours NW Minnesota
Published October 11, 2019
Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen spent Wednesday and Thursday in northwest Minnesota, including a visit to the American Crystal Sugar Company plant in East Grand Forks. Petersen says the tight harvest window has the attention of state government. "We're looking…This is the Beginning
Published May 6, 2019
Northern Crops Institute Director Mark Jirik served as a state FFA officer in 1995-1996. Jirik is now an officer with the Minnesota FFA Alumni Association and had a message for the state officers who would hang up their blue jackets…NCI Holds Pasta Production Course
Published May 2, 2019
The Northern Crops Institute hosted 17 people from four countries during a Pasta Production and Technology Course. The primary focus of the course was on dry, durum-based pasta. Participants learned about ingredient quality and how it impacts pasta processing at…