Yesterday NCI held the third webinar in the Feeding Fullfat Soybean Meal Handbook Webinar series. This month’s webinar was titled “Feeding Fullfat Soybean Meal to Ruminants.”

Participants from around the world were able to learn from industry experts and authors of the Northern Crops Institute Fullfat Soybean Meal Handbook. Attendees had the chance to ask questions and tailor the experience to their interests around the benefits of fullfat soybean meal. Participants interacted directly with handbook authors and presenters to learn more about feeding fullfat soybean meal to ruminants.

Recently NCI hosted the second installment in our four-part Fullfat Soybean Meal Webinar series.
This month’s webinar was titled “Feeding Fullfat Soybean Meal to Poultry.” Between the morning and evening session around 150 participants from across the globe were able to learn from industry experts, as well as the authors of the Northern Crops Institute Fullfat Soybean Meal Handbook. Attendees were also given the opportunity to ask questions about feeding fullfat soybean meal to poultry, and the handbook.

The Northern Crops Institute (NCI) recently held the first installment of its four-part Fullfat Soybean Meal Webinar series. This month’s webinar was titled “Feeding Fullfat Soybean Meal to Swine”. Over 100 attendees participated in the live webinar, which brought together people from around the globe to discuss the nuances and implications of feeding fullfat soybean meal to swine.

The Northern Crops Institute (NCI) recently held their first ever Market Update on Wednesday, July 15th, 2020. As NCI looks to find innovative ways to fulfill their mission, providing pertinent information to past course participants was a new opportunity to do just that. The webinar series was created to engage with past course participants, and offer market insights to those professionals.

The Northern Crops Institute (NCI) recently held their annual Pasta Production and Technology course, online. This course has typically been an in-person course but with the current situation, NCI staff worked to bring the hands-on experience to an online platform. The three-day course ran from April 28th to the 30th, 2020. Participants of the course were introduced to the fundamental and applied aspects of pasta production and quality.

They were right – I am just like my dad. At any big family event, we would find dad “self-isolating” in the shed listening to the races and drinking beer. When I quizzed mum if dad was in a bad mood, her response was – “No, he just likes his own company.”

The current social distancing requirements has proved that I am the same. Even though I yearn for person-to-person contact, I also adore my own time and being by myself. For me, that is a revelation!

The Northern Crops Institute was formed in 1983 to support the promotion of northern grown crops, chief of which at the time were hard red spring wheat and durum wheat. Since 1983 NCI has expanded its efforts to include work on number of northern grown crops including barley, corn, pulse crops, and oil seeds. However, the promotion of wheat through pilot milling remains a primary focus of the institute.

Soymilk and tofu are widely consumed in the Orient and are some of the most recognized soy foods in western countries. North Dakota is a global leader in producing top-quality food-grade soybeans for the world market. In 2016, the Northern Crops Institute (NCI) installed a pilot scale soymilk and tofu processing system. The system was designed by NCI and consists of several pieces of equipment which are made in Japan, China, the USA, and India.