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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Sorenson Returns to NCI

Published October 23, 2018

Northern Crops Institute has hired Brian Sorenson as its program manager. Sorenson was a technical manager at NCI from 2001-to-2008 and the director from 2008-to-2011. Most recently, Sorenson was with Dakota Specialty Milling in Fargo.
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Folland Joins NCC Board

Published June 29, 2018

A Kittson County farmer is a new member of the Northern Crops Council Kris Folland represents the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council. The Northern Crops Council is the governing board for the Northern Crops Institute.
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Crabtree to Retire from NCI

Published June 25, 2018

After 34 years with the Northern Crops Institute, Assistant Director John Crabtree will retire at the end of this week. Crabtree has seen many changes at NCI over the years. One of the most significant changes was in how grain…
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