Northern Crops Institute

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Technical Services

Contact our Technical Team for more information.

Need to test an ingredient or assistance with product/process development?

Pilot-scale processing at Northern Crops Institute (NCI) might be your solution. NCI staff are experienced in working with food processing and ingredient suppliers, small to large.

Find Out More about NCI's Capabilities:

Facilities

Equipment

Let us assist you.

Our technical staff has experience in extrusion, post-extrusion, milling, baking, and feed manufacturing. NCI staff has assisted in developing fresh/precooked/frozen pasta, noodles, cous-cous, expanded snacks, texturized foods, imitation extruded foods, ready-to-eat cereals (expanded and flaked), expanded snack foods, animal feed, and industrial products from food grade materials.

Technical Topics of Interest:
Introduction to Durum Wheat
Common Durum Wheat Diseases
Understanding Wheat Quality Tests

Getting started:

1. Contact us to discuss proposed processing.

2. A confidentiality agreement can be signed at the time of discussion, if desired.

3. A meeting or conference call with appropriate personnel will determine feasibility of processing (depends on company’s needs, NCI staff expertise, processing equipment and time frame).

4. Work can be conducted solely by NCI staff or in conjunction with your technical staff.

5. Memorandum of understanding detailing all activities and charges must be signed prior to initiation of a project.

6. Processing will be conducted in a timely manner on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Northern Crops Institute offers:

Reasonable service fees
Confidentiality
Complete services, including purchase of ingredients (specialty ingredients are supplied by client—other ingredients provided at cost)
Laboratory for proprietary use (upon approval)

Our staff will also travel worldwide to assist in uses of northern-grown crops.

Brian Sorenson
NCI Director
701-231-7736
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Mehmet Tulbek, Ph.D.
Technical Director
701-231-5493
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Rachel Brudvik
Food Technologist
701-231-8215
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Alyssa Hicks
Milling Specialist
701-231-5589
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Thunyaporn (Naggie) Jeradechachai
Crop Quality Specialist
701-231-7995
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Kim Koch, Ph.D.
Feed Center Manager
701-235-3662
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Rilie Morgan
Processing Specialist
701-231-7650
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