The Northern Crops Institute (NCI) hosted its Soybean and Soybean Meal Procurement course from May 11 to 19, 2026, and brought together global industry professionals involved in importing, trading, risk management, and procurement of U.S. soybeans and soybean meal.
Read MoreNCI Director, David Boehm, participated in a recent trade mission to Morocco. Organized by the North Dakota Department of Agriculture and the ND Trade Office, the mission included six ND businesses and the NCI, and met with various US trade representatives, regulatory agencies, and food companies during the April 13-18, 2026 mission.
Read MoreThe Northern Crops Institute (NCI) hosted its Pasta Production and Technology course from April 14 to 16, 2026, at its facility in Fargo, North Dakota. The course welcomed 25 participants from the United States, Canada, and Mexico for three days of in-depth learning focused on traditional dried durum wheat-based pasta production.
Read MoreNCI Food Technologist, Edil Vidal Torres, recently returned from an international trip to Southeast Asia participating in two major soy industry events in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and Bangkok, Thailand.
Read MoreThe Northern Crops Institute (NCI) hosted its U.S. Ethanol Production and Procurement course from March 23 to 27, 2026, at the Peltier Complex in Fargo, North Dakota. As the first course of the year, the program brought together 19 participants from eight countries, including the United States, Mexico, Japan, Tunisia, Nigeria, Ghana, Mozambique, and Kenya.
Read MoreThe Northern Crops Institute (NCI) Annual Report provides a yearly overview about NCI and the different events, courses, and other happenings.
Read MoreNCI’s Oilseed Processing Lab offers full pilot-scale capabilities to support oil extraction, refining, and meal production across a wide variety of oilseed crops.
Read MoreThe Northern Crops Institute (NCI) hosted its Stone Milling: A Hands-On Experience course from November 10-13, 2025. The course educated participants on stone milling from preparing and setting up a stone mill to milling flour and finally product development.
Read MoreNCI Food Technologist, Edil Vidal Torres, recently returned from an educational and technical visit to Asia focused on soyfood processing and market development. The purpose of the trip was to gain firsthand experience with soyfood processing technologies and strengthen relationships with key partners in the soy industry. The visit highlighted natto, tofu, and soymilk production, as well as understanding quality testing methods used by Japanese and Taiwanese manufacturers.
Read MoreThe Northern Crops Institute (NCI) hosted two concurrent courses, Gluten-Free & High Protein Pasta Production and Pasta Production from Multiple U.S. Wheat Classes, from October 7–10, 2025, at its facility in Fargo, North Dakota. While both courses had unique focuses, participants joined together for several shared lectures and demonstrations throughout the week.
Read MoreThe Northern Crops Institute (NCI) hosted its Southeast Asia Contracting for Wheat Value workshop from August 7-9, 2024. This workshop was conducted in-person at the NCI in Fargo, North Dakota with 5 participants from the Philippines, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.
Read MoreThe Northern Crops Institute (NCI) hosted its Grain Procurement Management for Importers course from September 8 to 17, 2025. This ten-day course brought together 38 participants from 22 countries, including the United States, Singapore, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, South Korea, Mexico, Venezuela, Haiti, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Panama, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Tanzania, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, and China.
Read MoreAs a key component of Northern Crops Institute’s technical services, the Bake Lab provides a food-safe, fully equipped environment for advanced product development, product quality testing, and hands-on training.
Read MoreThe Northern Crops Institute (NCI) hosted its annual INTSOY: Introduction to Soybean course from August 25 to 29, 2025. 25 participants from 9 countries attended this international program, which offered an in-depth look at the soybean industry through lectures, demonstrations, field plot visits, and plant tours across Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Dakota.
Read MoreThe Northern Crops Institute (NCI) hosted a Food Soy Procurement course on August 15-19, 2025. This course was conducted in-person at the NCI in Fargo, North Dakota with 19 participants from the United States, Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam.
Read MoreThe Northern Crops Institute Feed Production Center is a vital resource for the feed and grain industries, serving as both an educational platform and a working production facility. Designed to provide hands-on training for feed manufacturers, the Center has also played an essential role in supporting North Dakota State University’s livestock research and providing a space for collaborative projects throughout the four-state region of Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Read MoreThe Northern Crops Institute (NCI) hosted its Food Soy Procurement course on June 16-20, 2025. This course was conducted in-person at the NCI in Fargo, North Dakota with 9 participants from the United States, India, and Nepal.
Read MoreAt NCI’s Soy Foods Laboratory, we’re passionate about helping bring plant-based ideas to life. Our fully food-grade safe space is designed for hands-on development, testing, and small-scale production of soy-based favorites like soymilk, tofu, natto, tempeh, miso, and more.
Read MoreThe Northern Crops Institute (NCI) hosted its Soybean and Soybean Meal Procurement course from May 12-20, 2025. This course contained lectures on cash and futures markets and the complexity of the international soybean and soybean meal markets. It also provided an overview of the U.S. soybean and soybean meal handling and marketing system and the risk management tools available to assist buyers in purchasing U.S. soybean and soybean meal that meets their quality needs at the best value.
Read MoreThe Northern Crops Institute’s Director, David Boehm, recently supported a trade mission to Taiwan on behalf of the ND Department of Agriculture and the ND Trade Office. From April 27-May 2, representatives from ND commodity and ingredient suppliers, and logistics and shipping organizations met with a variety of Taiwanese buyers and import agencies in support of ND producers.
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