Northern Crops Institute
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NCI supports regional agriculture and value-added processing by conducting educational and technical programs that expand and maintain domestic and international markets for northern-grown crops.

The NCI held the Grain Procurement Management for Importers Course from September 11-20. Click here to see photographs and information from the course.

The South Asian Contracting for Wheat Value Workshop was held on August 2-4, 2017. Click here for photographs and more information on the course.

The Applications of U.S. Pulse Ingredients course was held July 17-20, 2017 at NCI. Click here to see photos and more information about the course.
Northern Crops Institute (NCI) is a collaborative effort among North Dakota, Minnesota, Montana, and South Dakota to support the promotion and market development of crops grown in this four-state region. NCI is an international meeting and learning center that brings together customers, commodity traders, technical experts, and processors for discussion, education, and technical services. Situated on the campus of North Dakota State University, in Fargo, North Dakota, USA, this unique facility is only minutes from the farm fields that yield much of the world's food.
Meet the Staff
Food Scientist
natsuki.barber@ndsu.edu
Responsibilities: Special focus on wheat, soybean, and barley. Leads projects in quality analysis of northern grown crops and their processed products, and leads projects to develop new products and processes with northern grown crops to support market development activities including educational programming and technical service projects; and leads development of GMP, sanitation and HACCP programs for the NCI Laboratories, under the direction of the Technical Director.
Featured crop
A variety of other crops are grown in the four-state region in smaller quantities. Termed "specialty crops", these commodities are raised to meet the needs of niche markets. They are often grown under contract for a specific end-use.