Advanced Grain Procurement Strategies Short Course

May 3-7, 2004

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First day of class at Northern Crops Institute always begins with a photo. Nine nations were represented at the Advanced Grain short course.

Flags of Italy, Spain, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Philippines, Thailand, and China surround the Auditorium.

NCI Director Dr. Pat Berglund welcomes the participants to Northern Crops Institute.

John Oades, U.S. Wheat Associates, discusses contract specifications for wheat imports.

Dr. Sam Chang, NDSU, explains soybean quality characteristics to the participants sponsored by American Soybean Association who were from Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Dr. Bill Wilson, NDSU, instructs course participants in management of risk incurred by importers. Participants from the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand (front row) listen with interest.

Participants from China walk into the computer lab facility.

More course participants coming to the computer lab.

Dr. Dave Bullock, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, explains the At Risk software that course participants used to learn more about risk management.

NCI Assistant Director John Crabtree thanks participants for coming to the short course.

Five participants from Pakistan and Bangladesh were sponsored by the American Soybean Association (ASA). Virgil Miedema (left), South Asia Regional Director for ASA and a North Dakota native, was the group's escort. Dr. Suresh Itapu (right), ASA Technical Director in New Delhi, also accompanied the group.

Seven participants in the course were sponsored by U.S. Wheat Associates. They were from Italy, China, Spain, and Indonesia.