Welcome to the Communications Corner ㅡ a once a month recap blog post sharing what NCI’s communications team has been up to! Let’s recap our events from December!
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Another year of video work down! 2022 has been one for the books, breaking the standing record of videos produced in 2021. From courses to conferences to webinars, just about every type of event NCI works on requires some aspect of video. This past month’s highlights include the Prairie Grains Conference, sourdough baking shooting, and several demonstrations of soy-related processes.
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The Northern Crops Institute (NCI) hosted another monthly Market Update on December 7th, 2022. This month’s Special Edition webinar featured speaker Zsolt Vincze, Senior Vice President at R.J. O’Brien & Associates. He provided an update on the current Russia-Ukraine situation, and how it continues to impact commodity markets and production in the two countries.
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Welcome to the Communications Corner ㅡ a once a month recap blog post sharing what NCI’s communications team has been up to! Let’s recap our events from November!
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Each month, NCI holds a new update in the Future of Feeding webinar series, which focuses on using innovation in the processing of animal food, the equipment being used, as well as using grains from our region for co-products. This month, we featured speaker Dr. Robert Thaler, Professor and Extension Swine Specialist from South Dakota State University. During the webinar, he discussed the topic of renewable diesel and how it could potentially change the way livestock are fed.
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The Northern Crops Institute (NCI) hosted another monthly Market Update on November 16, 2022. This month’s Special Edition webinar featured speaker Jerry Gulke, Founder of Gulke Group. During his presentation, he discussed the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report for key agricultural products.
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The Northern Crops Institute (NCI) recently hosted a new entry in its “Everything Ethanol” webinar series. This monthly webinar program is dedicated to advancing global ethanol market development, and topics that will be explored throughout the series include ethanol marketing factors, global policies, and more. This month’s presentation featured speaker Andrea Kent, Vice President of Industry & Government Affairs at Greenfield Global. She spoke on Canada’s use of ethanol and ethanol’s contribution to meeting climate objectives, among other topics.
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This month is an exciting one for the video blog. The long-awaited Next 5 Years Conference videos were completed and are now available on-demand virtually. Read on to find out how you can access them. In addition, the busy season of NCI courses is coming to its end with summer/fall of 2022 rolling out on a high note for video production.
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Each month, NCI updates the “Cereal Innovators” series that offers insight into the world of baking and cereal grains. During the webinar, participants heard from David Oien, Co-Founder & CEO of Timeless Seeds, Inc. He presented on his business and how they’re advancing the trend towards fully organic ways of farming. And, why consumers are beginning to adopt this organic food trend.
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The Northern Crops Institute (NCI) hosted another monthly Market Update on November 2nd, 2022. This month’s Special Edition webinar featured speaker David Singer, Co-Founder & VP of Business Development at Index Biosystems. He presented on “Encoding Commodities with Carbon Traceability Data” during the webinar.
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Welcome to the Communications Corner ㅡ a once a month recap blog post sharing what NCI’s communications team has been up to! Let’s recap our events from October!
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Each month, NCI holds a new update in the Future of Feeding webinar series, which focuses on using innovation in the processing of animal food, the equipment being used, as well as using grains from our region for co-products. This month, we featured speaker Dr. Glenn C. Duff, Professor from New Mexico State University. He discussed “Steam Flaking for Cattle & its Impact on Performance and Carcass Characteristics” during the webinar.
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The Northern Crops Institute (NCI) recently hosted a new entry in its “Everything Ethanol” webinar series. This monthly webinar program is dedicated to advancing global ethanol market development, and topics that will be explored throughout the series include ethanol marketing factors, global policies, and more. This month’s presentation featured speaker Dr. Steffen Mueller, who serves as the Principal Economist at the Energy Resources Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago and also leads the Bioenergy & Transportation Emissions Group there. He presented on “GHG Life Cycle Emissions & Benefits of U.S. Corn Ethanol” during the webinar.
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The Northern Crops Institute (NCI) hosted another monthly Market Update on October 19th, 2022. This month’s webinar featured speaker Mike Krueger, cash grain trader, market advisor, commodities broker, and founder of The Money Farm. During his presentation, Krueger offered insight into the global commodity markets for corn, soybeans, and wheat while stating what factors will impact them going forward.
Read MoreWe left off in last month’s video production update with a busy week of events, which brought many hours of post-production work to the schedule for this month. Read on to learn about the video editing process from the Next 5 Years Executive Conference, and more!
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Each month, NCI updates the “Cereal Innovators” series that offers insight into the world of baking and cereal grains. During the webinar, participants were instructed on the topic of “Economics of Value-Added Processing for the Small-Scale Producer.” This week’s presentation featured Jeff Zimmerman, Co-Owner & Co-Founder of Hayden Flour Mills.
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Earlier this week, NCI welcomed 6 participants from 3 different countries during the Contracting for Wheat Value workshop in conjunction with U.S. Wheat Associates. The countries represented included Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines.
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Earlier this week, NCI welcomed a group of dieticians, influencers, and culinary students from North Dakota State College of Science as part of the soy nutrition workshop they are attending. The NCI portion included a tour of NCI and a firsthand look at how tofu and soymilk are made.
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The Northern Crops Institute (NCI) hosted another Market Update webinar earlier today. This episode was a special Weather Edition featuring Daryl Ritchison, Director of the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network (NDAWN). He discussed many subjects concerning the weather outlook for different parts of the world and the impacts they’ll likely have on agriculture in each of those places.
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Each month, NCI holds a new update in the Future of Feeding webinar series, which focuses on using innovation in the processing of animal food, the equipment being used, as well as using grains from our region for co-products. This last month, we featured speaker Dr. Kenneth J. Hellevang, Professor and Extension Engineer at North Dakota State University. His discussion topic was the proper storage and handling of corn for feed mills.
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