The Northern Crops Institute (NCI) will be hosting an online Grain Procurement Management for Importers course from September 13-24.
The two-week course will focus on the mechanics of grain merchandising and educate individuals responsible for purchasing grain.
Participants will hear from both academic and commodity industry professionals to guide them through the full complexity of the international grain markets.
Key speakers for this course include three professors from North Dakota State University; Dr. Frayne Olson, Dr. Bill Wilson, and Dr. David Bullock. Their lectures will be pre-recorded and offered throughout the course, along with live Q & A sessions for participants to ask questions.
“The benefit of offering this course online is that we are able to reach buyers and participants who wouldn’t have made the course otherwise in person," says Brian Sorenson, program manager at NCI. "We had 113 participants and sponsors of the course attend online last year, and the initial response for this year is strong again. It’s great to see.”
The Grain Procurement Management for Importers course is NCI’s first and longest-running course and has been offered every year since 1983. The course has transitioned since then to offer content intended for those working in bulk agricultural commodities such as wheat, corn, and soy.
For more information about upcoming courses at Northern Crops Institute, please visit the website.
Northern Crops Institute (NCI) supports regional agriculture and value-added processing by conducting educational and technical programs that expand and maintain domestic and international markets for northern-grown crops. NCI is funded by the states of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota and commodity groups in those states and Montana.
