Course Details:

Dates: March 18 - 29, 2024
Location: Online (4 Modules with 2-3 Lectures Per Module)
Time Commitment: 1-2 Hours Per Module
Registration Fee: $1,200.00
Registration Deadline: March 15, 2024

Course Overview:

This online course is being held to give the participants an understanding of the interaction between the main areas of feed manufacturing: Nutritionist, Management, Procurement and Supply-chain Specialists, and Quality Analysis of Ingredients.

Major Topics:

• Nutritionist

  • Daily objectives

  • Formulations

    • Least Cost

    • Environmentally Friendly

    • Greatest Mill throughput

    • Pelleting vs mash formulation

  • Background on particle size

• Procurement and Supply Chain Specialists

  • Least Cost per ton vs. least cost per nutrient

  • Logistic and planning of shipment to ensure mill has adequate ingredients

  • Poor quality vs good quality and amount of ingredient needed

• Management

  • Production efficiency and resource utilization/allocation

  • Pellet size and particle size on mill efficiency

  • Energy utilization and financial impacts

• Quality Analysis

  • NIR vs Wet chem and what is important

  • Cost benefit of sourcing quality ingredients

• And More!

Why Should You Register?

Participants will gain an understanding and be able to articulate the interaction between the different supply chain roles. Participants will learn the needs and concerns of the nutritionist, the buyer, the feed mill operator and understand the impact of decisions in each role on the final product and animal performance.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for animal nutritionists, animal buyers, feed mill operators, producers, veterinarians, and academics.

How Do I Register?

Producing Quality Feed Through Effective Communication will be an online synchronous course. We encourage you to enroll early through our website!

Registration Fee: $1,200.00
Registration Deadline: March 15, 2024

Click on the “Register Now” button to pay by credit card. 

Cancellation Policies:

Requests to cancel a registration must be received one day prior to the start of the course to receive a full refund. If NCI is forced to cancel this course due to insufficient enrollment, dangerous weather or other circumstances, all registered participants will be immediately contacted, and each participant will receive a full refund. Refunds require 10 business days for the transaction to be completed.

General Information:

Northern Crops Institute
NDSU Dept. 7400
P.O. Box 6050
Fargo, ND 58108-6050 USA
Phone: 701-231-7736
Fax: 701-231-7235
Email: nci@ndsu.edu
Website: www.northern-crops.com

About the Northern Crops Institute:

Northern Crops Institute is an international center for meeting and learning about crops produced in the four-state region of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Montana. Situated on the campus of North Dakota State University, Northern Crops Institute exists as a forum to bring together customers, commodity traders, technical experts, processors and producers from all points of the globe for discussion, education and technical service programs. Since 1983, the Institute has hosted visitors from more than 135 countries.

North Dakota State University is an Equal Opportunity Institution. This publication will be made available in alternative formats upon request (701-231-7736).