What's New at NCI?
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Nov. 14-18, 2011 -- Thunyaporn "Naggie" Jeradechachai, NCI Crop Quality Specialist, was invited to Istanbul, Turkey to carry out baking trials with sunflower kernels for the Turkey Global-Based Initiative (GBI) program. A total of 28 bakers, chefs, quality control and R & D personnel, and others attended. Jeradechachai comments, "U.S. in-shell sunflower seeds have been used for the snack industry; however, U.S. kernels are not used. We conducted baking trials on the utilization of sunflower kernel in baked goods for a baking school and a commercial bakery. The participants were impressed by the exceptional quality, taste, and nutritional attributes of U.S. sunflower kernels products." |
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| October 27, 2011 -- A team representing the Cerveceria Cuauhtémoc-Moctezuma Company (CCM) in Mexico came to NCI to meet with barley experts and tour NCI and NDSU facilities. The objectives of their visit were to learn more about importing malting barley varieties into Mexico, discuss the impact of the CCM and Heineken merger, and introduce U.S. barley varieties to Heineken personnel. They were escorted by Patricia Esqueda, Technical Director, U.S. Grains Council Mexico. They were hosted by Steve Edwardson, North Dakota Barley Council, and Paul Schwarz, Institute of Barley and Malt Science, NDSU. The team was sponsored by the U.S. Grains Council. |
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October 17, 2011 -- Three representatives of Nippon Flour Mills are at Northern Crops Institute today. They are hosted by Erica Olson, North Dakota Wheat Commission. The team will meet with Mark Weber, NCI Director, who will present a brief overview of NCI and host the team on a tour of the facility. Senay Simsek, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Plant Sciences at NDSU, will give a quality overview of the 2011 HRS wheat crop. Olson will speak on the U.S. HRS and durum situation and outlook. |
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October 3, 2011 -- A representative of the Japanese Nisshin Flour Mills visited Northern Crops Institute to learn more about the current wheat crop. He was hosted by Erica Olson, North Dakota Wheat Commission. He was welcomed by Mark Weber, NCI Director. Brent Hinsz, NDSU, presented the preliminary quality report of the 2011 HRS Crop; and Mohamed Mergoum, Ph.D., NDSU Spring Wheat Breeder, gave an overview of the Spring Wheat Breeding Program. Natsuki Fujiwara, NCI Food Technologist, was also present for the presentations. |
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September 28, 2011 -- A four-member team from the Toyota Tsusho and Showa Sangyo companies in Japan visited Northern Crops Institute to assess the 2011 wheat crop. They were hosted by Erica Olson, North Dakota Wheat Commission. Mohamed Mergoum, Ph.D., NDSU spring wheat breeder, explained the NDSU spring wheat breeding program. William Wilson, Ph.D., NDSU professor of agribusiness and applied economics, presented an update on the biotech wheat situation. Senay Simsek, Ph.D., NDSU wheat quality specialist, discussed the preliminary quality of the 2011 HRS crop, and Frank Manthey, Ph.D., NDSU durum quality specialist, shared the preliminary quality of the 2011 durum crop. |
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September 19, 2011 -- Twenty-seven grain buyers from 18 nations are attending the 2011 Grain Procurement Management for Importers short course at NCI this week to learn how to make more effective purchases in the U.S. grain marketing system. The course, which runs from September 19-28, focuses on the mechanics of grain merchandising. Grain buyers attending the course are from Algeria, Belgium, Canada, China, Egypt, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Korea, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, and Yemen. John Crabtree, NCI Assistant Director, coordinates the course. U.S. Wheat Associates, USDA FAS Cochran Fellowship Program, and the North Dakota Corn Council are sponsoring participants in this course. Highlights of the course are lectures by academic and commodity trade authorities on cash and futures markets. Site tours of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, a country elevator, Duluth Seaway Port Authority, an export grain terminal, and a barge facility will round-out the course.
Link to news release about the course
Link to photos from the course |
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September 19, 2011 -- A team of mid-level managers from four flour milling companies in Japan are visiting NCI on an educational tour sponsored by U.S. Wheat Associates (USW). The millers will learn more about wheat breeding innovations, the latest crop quality data and how the U.S. wheat export system benefits buyers. Japan has imported, on average, more U.S. wheat than any other country for many years and is the largest importer of U.S. hard red spring (HRS) and soft white (SW) wheat. “These future leaders of Japan’s milling industry are keenly aware of how important it is to understand where their wheat comes from and how the U.S. wheat industry works to ensure the highest possible quality and safety,” said Japan Country Director Wataru “Charlie” Utsunomiya, (second row right), who is traveling with the team. They are escorted by Erica Olson, (front row left), North Dakota Wheat Commission. The team was hosted by Mark Weber, (front row right), NCI Director, and John Crabtree, (second row left), NCI Assistant Director. |
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September 14, 2011 -- NCI hosted its first food barley team when a Japanese Barley Promotion Team came to discuss a newly planned food barley promotion program in Japan and to receive an update on barley quality and food barley work done in the region. The program was sponsored by U.S. Grains Council (USGC) and the North Dakota Barley Council. The group was hosted by Steve Edwardson, North Dakota Barley Council. Presenters at the day-long session were: Tommy Hamamoto, USGC Toyko; Greg Fox, Ph.D., WestBred; Mary Sullivan, National Barley Foods Council and Washington Grain Commission; Natsuki Fujiwara, NCI Food Technologist; Rilie Morgan, NCI Processing Specialist; Chris Fastnaught, Ph.D., WestBred; Paul Schwarz, Ph.D., NDSU; and Frayne Olson, Ph.D., NDSU Extension Service. Fujiwara led the baking with barley session. Fujiwara and Morgan also demonstrated extrusion of barley snacks.
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September 7, 2011 -- An eight member delegation from Japan visited the NCI to meet with experts to learn more about the current wheat crop situation. The Marubeni Company brought customers from Morinaga Company, Okumoto Flour Milling Company, Showa Sangyo Company, Nisshin Flour Company, and Shimadaya Corporation. The team was hosted by John Crabtree, NCI Interim Director, and Mehmet Tulbek, NCI Technical Director. Erica Peterson, North Dakota Wheat Commission, presented information about current wheat production and crop quality. Mohamed Mergoum, NDSU spring wheat breeder, detailed the NDSU spring wheat varietal program. |
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August 22, 2011 -- Twelve food processors and importers from Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam are at Northern Crops Institute (NCI) this week to learn more about how to use and market dry pea-based ingredients for food products. The course was co-sponsored by USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council.
Eighty-eight percent of the 2010 U.S. dry pea crop was produced in the four-state region of North Dakota, Montana, South Dakota and Minnesota. The cool, dry growing season of the U.S. northern tier is especially well suited for growing pulse crops. U.S. production of dry peas, lentils, and chickpeas has more than doubled in the past decade.
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Mark Weber Named NCI Director
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August 18, 2011 -- Mark Weber has been named the new Director of Northern Crops Institute after a national search. He will assume his new duties on September 19. Weber has more than 18 years of experience in agricultural leadership. He served as the Executive Director for the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association (RRVSGA) for 12 years and, previous to that position, he served as the first Executive Director of the North Dakota Soybean Council and Growers Association for nearly six years. “This is a wonderful opportunity,” says Weber. “Agriculture has an exciting future filled with challenges. The Northern Crops Institute has had a strong role in agriculture’s past successes and has an impeccable reputation regionally and nationally, as well as worldwide.”
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| August 18, 2011 -- A five-member quality team from Yamakazi Baking Company in Japan visited Northern Crops Institute to meet with wheat experts to learn more about the regional wheat crop. They were hosted by John Crabtree, (front row, far right), NCI Interim Director, and Mehmet Tulbek, (second row, far left), NCI Technical Director. Erica Peterson, (front row, far left), North Dakota Wheat Commission, presented information about the 2011 wheat crop and quality results from the previous year's crop. Natsuki Fujiwara, (front row, second from left), NCI Food Technologist, assisted with question and answer session. |
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August 16, 2011 -- Thunyaporn "Naggie" Jeradechachai, (right), NCI Crop Quality Specialist, presented information on the use of legume flours in food applications at the Legumes: Wholesome Ingredients in Value-Added Foods Short Course. The course was offered at the Culinary Institute of America, St. Helena, CA. "The 36 participants, all from food companies, were very excited about the pulse ingredients because of their nutritional benefits and functionalities in food products," says Jeradechachai. During the course, the participants used baking formulas that were developed by Northern Crops Institute. The course was sponsored by the USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council and the Northern Pulse Growers Association. Kaye Effertz, (left), is Marketing Director at Northern Pulse Growers Association. |
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| August 11, 2011 -- Members of the Flour City District of the International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM) toured Northern Crops Institute. They were escorted by Melinda Farris, (first photo, right), IAOM Executive Vice President, and hosted by Alyssa Hicks, (first photo, left), NCI Milling Specialist. The IAOM is an international organization comprised of flour millers, cereal grain and seed processors and allied trades representatives and companies devoted to the advancement of technology in the flour milling, cereal grain and seed processing industries. The Flour City District, one of six international districts of IAOM, met in Fargo, N.D., for their annual fall meeting. |
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August 9-11, 2011 -- Seventeen feed millers and technicians attended the Development of a HACCP Plan Workshop, offered by NCI at Willmar, MN. The workshop focused on the development of a voluntary Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan for all sectors of the food and feed industry, including grain handlers, ingredient suppliers, and finished product manufacturers. Attendees went home with a template that will help them develop HACCP plans geared towards the individual company’s operation. Matt Frederking, (far left, second row), International HACCP Alliance Lead Instructor, was the guest instructor. The course was coordinated by Kim Koch, Ph.D., NCI Feed Center Manager. The workshop was co-sponsored by the Minnesota Grain and Feed Association.
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August 1-5, 2011 -- Kim Koch, Ph.D., NCI Feed Center Manager, traveled to Mexico to assist the U.S. Grains Council with a series of seminars on feed management. The seminars were held in Torreon, Monterrey, Guadalajara and Merida, Mexico, for livestock/poultry producers and feed manufacturers. Koch presented information on the use of sorghum in feed rations, lead discussions on processing differences between sorghum and maize (corn), and answered questions about feed manufacturing technology issues. Another team member, Carl Reed, Ph.D., Kansas State University IGP Program, gave presentations on sorghum quality (grade and other factors) and proper storage practices. He also led discussions on quality issues and answered questions about safe storage with regard to grain moisture content in relation to temperature and humidity. “During the seminars, we stressed the importance of quality when making high value livestock and poultry feeds and understanding how to incorporate sorghum to best advantage,” says Koch. |
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| July 28, 2011 -- The Wheat Quality Council concluded their three-day Hard Red Spring Wheat and Durum Tour at Northern Crops Institute. The tour covered North Dakota, parts of western Minnesota and northern South Dakota. Participants scouted 369 hard red spring wheat fields, 31 durum fields and 19 hard red winter fields. They reported a lower overall average yield, compared to the last two years. The group calculated all wheat yield came in at 41.1 bushels per acre, about 4 bushels less than last year. The average hard red spring wheat yield was 41.5 bushels per acre compared to 46 last year. The durum yield was 31.8, down quite a bit from last year's yield of 38.4 and the winter wheat yield was estimated at 47 bushels per acre. The full tour results will be posted on the Wheat Quality Council website. |
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July 25, 2011 -- Twelve participants from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand are at Northern Crops Institute (NCI) this week to learn more about the use of dry edible beans in food products. The course focuses on pinto, navy, black, great northern and kidney beans.
Lectures will highlight food product development applications for pasta, noodles, extruded snacks, canned and baked products, nutritional aspects, labeling, processing technologies and sensory evaluation of edible beans. The participants also toured the NDSU Greenhouse and NDSU Edible Bean Breeding Field Plots, SK Food Specialty Processing facility in Moorhead, Minn., and met with the staff of North Dakota Trade Office, Fargo. The course is co-sponsored by the U.S. Dry Bean Council. North Dakota produces 40% of U.S. dry edible beans. Minnesota grows 9% of U.S. dry edible beans.
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July 11, 2011 -- A Nigerian baker is at NCI for a week-long intensive short course on using soy ingredients in baking applications. The baker will join NCI Crop Quality Specialist Thunyaporn (Naggie) Jeradechachai in the Baking Laboratory to make different types of breads and other bakery products to highlight various functional properties of adding soy. The addition of soy flour to bread products can raise protein content, balance essential amino acids, and increase bread’s nutritional value and shelf life. The short course is sponsored by World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH), a program of the American Soybean Association (ASA).
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June 30, 2011 – A Vietnam Feed Manufacturing Team came to NCI to meet with Kim Koch, Ph.D., NCI Feed Center Manager, and Bob Thaler, Ph.D., South Dakota State University, and to learn more about the processes of size reduction, mixing, pelleting, and extrusion. The team members were from some of the larger feed manufacturers in Vietnam, where the feed sector is one of the most rapidly expanding in S.E. Asia. They are sponsored by Bayer Animal Science (Vietnam). Thaler and Koch share the opinion that feed formulation and feed manufacturing should always be taught together as they are complimentary to one another. They hope to continue this programming in Vietnam. |
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June 28, 2011 -- Outgoing Northern Crops Council (NCC) Chair David Clough (center photo) was recognized at the NCC Reorganizational Meeting, by NCI Interim Director John Crabtree, for his two years service as NCC Chair. Laird Larson (left photo) and Vance Taylor (right photo) were also presented with clocks in gratitude for their years of service on the NCC. Larson also served two years as NCC Chair. Robert Majkrzak, President and CEO of Red River Commodities, Fargo, N.D., was elected the new NCC Chair. Majkrzak represents the regional food/feed processors on the NCC. Karolyn Zurn, a producer from Callaway, Minn., was elected Vice Chair. Zurn represents the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association. The NCC is the governing board of the Northern Crops Institute. At the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) meeting on June 27, John McLean, Cargill, West Fargo, N.D., was re-elected to his fifth term as Chair. The IAB advises NCI staff on educational programming and technical services. |
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June 21, 2011 --Seven participants from U.S. milling and procurement companies are learning more about how wheat type and quality affects the milling and baking processes as they attend the Basics of Wheat and Flour Quality Short Course. The course is offered by Northern Crops Institute, Fargo, N.D., June 21-23. Speakers and technicians include Robert Meyer and Brian Sorenson, both from Dakota Specialty Milling; Ryan Taylor, Perten Technologies; Gregory Vericel, Chopin Technologies; and Rachel Brudvik, Natsuki Fujiwara, Alyssa Hicks, Rilie Morgan, and Mehmet Tulbek, Ph.D., all from NCI. John Crabtree, NCI Interim Director, coordinates the course.
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| June 15-18, 2011 -- Mehmet Tulbek, Ph.D., (center of first photo), NCI Technical Director, and Thunyaporn Jeradechachai, (right of second photo), NCI Crop Quality Specialist, traveled to Thailand to teach at the “Baking with U.S. Pea Flour” short course. “The main objective of this course was to train the leading regional chefs on the use of pea flour in bread, cake and cookie products. During the program, we presented information about the dry pea supply chain, milling, baking and various end-use technologies. We also demonstrated several bread, cake and cookie recipes,” Tulbek said. The program was conducted by Mr. Tirapat Chernprateep and Dr. Dee Richmond, and sponsored by U.S. Dry Pea & Lentil Council and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. |
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June 12, 2011 -- Rachel Brudvik, (center), NCI Food Technologist, attended the Institute of Food Technology Expo in New Orleans, June 12-14. She assisted with technical questions at the Pulse Booth hosted by Jennifer William, (right), USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council, and Kaye Effertz, (left), Northern Pulse Growers Association. The event is the food industry's most highly regarded new product development forum and draws thousands of food technologists, scientists, buyers, and sellers from all over the world. The USADPLC-sponsored booth showcased many varieties of pulses and the functional properties of pulses. |
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May 31, 2011 -- Thirteen members of the Colombian Swine Producers Association are attending a four-day feed manufacturing program this week at Northern Crops Institute. The seminar is sponsored by the U.S. Grains Council and the North Dakota Corn Utilization Council. Topics that they will discuss include: feedmill design, equipment, personnel, feed manufacturing processes, swine nutrition, DDGS and grain sorghum in feed, meat quality, and feed safety. The group will participate in feed manufacturing demonstrations at NCI’s feedmill and tour the Tharaldson Ethanol Facility in Casselton, N.D.
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Link to News Release About Program |
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May 25, 2011 -- Mehmet Tulbek, NCI’s Technical Director, has been appointed to a two-year, ex-officio term on the AmeriFlax Board. The board has five members representing growers, industry and research, along with three staff members. Ameriflax Executive Director Sheri L. Coleman says, “Ameriflax is thrilled to have Mehmet on our team with his strong work ethic, background in research, and expertise in flax!” Ameriflax is a trade organization that represents North Dakota flax producers.
Learn more about Ameriflax: www.ameriflax.com
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Mehmet Tulbek
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May 23, 2011 -- An eight-member team of Cochran Fellowship recipients from Kyrgyzstan visited Northern Crops Institute to learn more about U.S. agriculture. Their main area of interest was oilseeds from the Upper Midwest. The team was hosted by NCI Interim Director John Crabtree, and NCI Technical Director Mehmet Tulbek, Ph.D., who discussed the production and utilization of oilseeds and provided an overview of regional agriculture. The team was escorted by Al Schneiter, Ph.D., NDSU, and sponsored by the MACI program of the USDA. |
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May 17, 2011 -- Twenty-one grain buyers from Canada, Guatemala, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Portugal, St. Vincent, and the USA are attending the Advanced Grain Procurement Strategies Short Course at Northern Crops Institute in Fargo, N.D. The course, which runs from May 16-20, is designed for global grain buyers who want to gain a competitive edge in grain marketing decisions to better manage price and quality risks. Twelve participants are sponsored by U.S. Wheat Associates, and one participant is sponsored by the U.S. Grains Council and North Dakota Corn Council.
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May 11-13, 2011 – Mehmet Tulbek, (center), NCI Technical Director, attended the Healthy Flavors, Healthy Kids National Invitational Leadership Summit at The Culinary Institute of America, San Antonio, Texas campus. Also attending were Kaye Effertz, (left), Northern Pulse Growers Association and Jennifer William, (right), USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council. During the summit, recipes developed by Thunyaporn Jeradechachai, NCI Crop Quality Specialist, were demonstrated. The symposium was an invitation-only event aimed at improving the quality of foods made available to children in a variety of settings. The workshop brought together 200 professionals to discuss and debate a wide range of issues that are impacting the quality and flavor of foods for children. Northern Pulse Growers Association and USA Dry Pea, Lentils, and Chickpeas Council sponsored this summit. |
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May 4, 2011 - A two-member Iraqi Agricultural Trade Team, hosted by the North Dakota Trade Office, visited NCI to learn more about the crops grown in the region and NCI educational programs. NCI Assistant Director John Crabtree (second row right) and NCI Technical Director Mehmet Tulbek (second row left) welcomed the members of Al Awrad Company and briefed them about the region's agricultural industry. The team was accompanied by Tom Wollin of North Dakota Trade Office. |
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April 28, 2011 -- Representatives of the Farina Flour Milling Company and the Pågen Bakery Group, Sweden, visited the Northern Crops Institute. Hosted by John Crabtree (left) and Sally Backman, the team toured the NCI laboratories and mill, and learned more about the region and its agriculture. They also visited Arthur Company, Arthur and Ayr, N.D., and an area farming operation. Farina AB belongs to one of Scandinavia's oldest mills. A mill has been on the site for over 500 years. Paul Vighagen (second from right), a grain buyer for Farina, attended NCI's Grain Procurement Management for Importers short course in 2000. |
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April 27, 2011 -- “Flaxseed and canola are important oilseed crops for our region,” says Mehmet Tulbek, Ph.D., Technical Director at Northern Crops Institute (NCI). “Both crops are utilized in several ways to improve the functional and nutritional properties in consumer foods.” To support this growing market, NCI conducted the Functionality of Canola and Flaxseed Short Course to help food processors understand the utilization and benefits of flax and canola. Twenty-six participants from fourteen pasta manufacturing companies in United States and Guatemala attended the short course that ran from April 26-28.
Link to News Release about the Course
Link to Photos from the Course
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April 12, 2011 -- Twenty-six participants from fourteen pasta manufacturing companies in United States and Guatemala completed the Pasta Production and Technology Short Course last week at NCI. The course, which ran from April 12 to 14, is designed to showcase the high quality durum wheat that is produced in this region. “This course is a never-fail offering for NCI,” says NCI Interim Director John Crabtree, who coordinates the educational courses. “We have presented it for 27 years. The fact that it usually fills to capacity is testimony to the quality of faculty and facilities that the participants experience,” says Crabtree.
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| March 30, 2011 -- Representatives of Changzhou AMEC Company, Ltd., China, and Changzhou Lihua Livestock and Poultry Company, China, visited Northern Crops Institute to learn more about feed manufacturing and feed ingredients from the four-state region. They were escorted by Corey Kiefer (second from right, front), of China Global Group, Fargo. NCI Feed Center Manager Kim Koch, Ph.D., (second from right, back row), hosted the group. |
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March 28, 2011 -- Bruker Corporation staff visited NCI and presented a workshop on Fast and Easy Bulk and Single Seed/Grain Analysis Using Bench-top TD-NMR. Presentations by Dr. Supriyo Ghosh, Product & Applications Manager, TD-NMR, and George Eakin, Minispec TD-NMR Sales Representative, focused on the fundamentals of TD-NMR (time-domain nuclear magnetic resonance) technology. Mehmet Tulbek, NCI Technical Director coordinated the workshop. “TD-NMR technology is a rapid non-destructive lab analysis technique which can be efficiently used in grain and oilseed products. During this program NCI, NDSU and USDA staff and faculty were informed about this technology,” says Tulbek. |
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March 22, 2011 -- David Clough, (right), Northern Crops Council Chair, presents an engraved clock to Brian Sorenson, NCI Director, in thanks for his years of service to Northern Crops Institute.
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March 22, 2011 -- NDSU President Dean Bresciani, (left), and Brian Sorenson share a few moments during Sorenson's Farewell Reception, following the Northern Crops Council meeting.
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March 22, 2011 -- David Clough, (right), Northern Crops Council Chair, presents an engraved clock to Claude Richard in thanks for his years of service to Northern Crops Institute, representing North Dakota Soybean Council.
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March 22, 2011 -- David Clough, (right), Northern Crops Council Chair, presents an engraved plaque to Kenichiro Takamatu, to commemorate his year at NCI as a Nisshin Visiting Scholar. Kenichiro is the third visiting scholar in the program. |
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March 15, 2011 - Feed managers and agricultural supervisors from Kansas, Minnesota and Ohio are attending the “Feed Safety and the Development of a HACCP Plan” Short Course this week at NCI. This course focuses on the development of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) for all sectors of the feed industry. During the week, participants will develop a HACCP template that they can take back to their company to integrate into their safety program. Matt Frederking, International HACCP Alliance Lead Instructor, is the guest instructor. He is the safety and compliance manager at Frontier Ag, Inc., Oakley, Kan. Kim Koch, Ph.D., NCI's Feed Center Manager, coordinates the course. |
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March 11, 2011 -- Thunyaporn (Naggie) Jeradechachai, (left), NCI Crop Quality Specialist, assisted Jennifer William, USADPLC Food Marketing Manager, at the Northern Pulse Growers Association and USA Dry Pea, Lentils, and Chickpeas Council's promotional table at the Institute of Food Technologists, Southern California Exposition in Anaheim, CA. |
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March 10, 2011 -- Thunyaporn (Naggie) Jeradechachai, (center), NCI Crop Quality Specialist, was a speaker at the Healthy Baking Seminar during the Round Robin Table Discussion in Anaheim, CA. "I presented technical information on the pulse baking application at the Alternative Grain table," says Jeradechachai. The table was funded by the Northern Pulse Growers Association and USA Dry Peas and Lentils Council. |
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March 4-18, 2011 -- Mehmet Tulbek, Ph.D., NCI Technical Director, traveled to Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia to assist the U.S. Dry Bean Council technical assessment programs. The main objectives of this trip were to meet with key U.S. bean buyers and educate them about the U.S. edible dry beans and bean utilization.
“During our visits, we determined what technical and nutritional information on U.S. dry beans and bean flour the Southeast Asian end users need to proceed with new product development work, label development, product registration, and marketing of U.S. bean-based products,” Tulbek said. He also visited several snack food, canning, baking and trading companies. “The U.S. Dry Bean Council team discussed the information and activities that should be included in the July 2011 technical seminar on U.S. bean flour at NCI as well as other activities that are needed in the next year in Southeast Asia to help increase sales of edible beans and bean flour,” Tulbek concluded. The program was conducted by Ms. Katanchalee (Dew) Kaewmanee, (photo 2, far left), and Dr. Dee Richmond, (photo 2, center left), and sponsored by US Dry Bean Council and US Department of Agriculture. |
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February 18, 2011 - A two-member Romanian Agriculture Team, hosted by the North Dakota Trade Office, came to NCI to learn more about the production and crops grown in the region. NCI Assistant Director John Crabtree and NCI Technical Director Mehmet Tulbek welcomed the team and informed them about the region's agricultural industry. The team was briefed about NDSU agriculture programs by D.C. Coston, Ph.D., NDSU Vice President of Agriculture, and Tom Wahl, Ph.D., NDSU Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics. |
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February 11, 2011 -- Rachel Brudvik, NCI Food Technologist, (left), visits with members of the NDSU Food Science Club, who used the NCI ’s Bake Lab for a club event. The club was baking a variety of sweet goods to sell at the club’s annual bake sale in the NDSU Memorial Union. The proceeds will go towards funding a trip to Minneapolis this spring to attend an Institute of Food Technology meeting. Clifford Hall, Ph.D., NDSU Dept. of Cereal and Food Sciences, is the club advisor, and Emily Schlepp is the club president. |
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February 14, 2010 -- Natsuki Fujiwara joined the Northern Crops Institute (NCI) staff in January as a Food Technologist. Fujiwara’s responsibilities include conducting quality analysis of northern grown crops with special focus on wheat, soybeans and barley. She will also assist in the development of new products and processes utilizing northern grown crops and help with the implementation of NCI’s educational programs. Fujiwara is a December 2010 graduate of North Dakota State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Food Science. Fujiwara is a native of Kyoto, Japan.
News Release about Fujiwara's appointment |
Natsuki Fujiwara
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February 4, 2011 -- Thunyaporn (Naggie) Jeradechachai, NCI Crop Quality Specialist, (front row, far left), successfully completed the Advanced Bread and Roll Production Short Course at the American Institute of Baking in Manhattan, KS. "I learned new troubleshooting techniques and how to fix troubled bread dough. This course enhanced my confidence in decision making. The course is very valuable because, at NCI, we always deal with the most unique ingredients in the baking industry," Jeradechachai says. |
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January 26-27, 2011– Northern Crops Institute presented a custom technical seminar on the use of Mixolab in durum milling and pasta industry for NCI's Visiting Scholar Kenichiro Takamatsu (front left) and a representative from Medallion Foods, Tacoma, Washington. NCI Technical Director Mehmet Tulbek and NCI Food Technologists Natsuki Fujiwara and Rachel Brudvik taught the program. Mixolab is a new flour and dough testing equipment introduced by Chopin Company in France. NCI is one of the first labs worldwide that has installed the unit. |
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January 24-25, 2011– Northern Crops Institute staff attended the Northern Pulse Growers Association Annual Convention in Minot. NCI Technical Director Mehmet Tulbek (left) presented a talk on “Developing market opportunities for pulse ingredients,” and NCI Crop Quality Specialist Thunyaporn Jeradechachai (center right) coordinated the recipes and cooking demos at North Dakota Department of Agriculture Demo Kitchen. Chuck Fleming (center left) of ND Department of Agriculture organized the Demo Kitchen with Kaye Effertz (right) of Northern Pulse Growers Association at the annual event.
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January 12-13, 2011 -- NCI Crop Quality Specialist Thunyaporn (Naggie) Jeradechachai (right) and NCI Technical Director Mehmet Tulbek (left) attended Annual National Sunflower Research Forum in Fargo, N.D., January 12-13, 2011. They presented a poster on the use of confection sunflower and sunbutter products in replacing peanut based ingredients in food products. The objective of the study is to determine the consumer acceptability of confectionary sunflower ingredients as a replacement for peanuts in baked and sweet products. Funding for this project was provided by North Dakota Oilseed Council and National Sunflower Association. |
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