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Field and Processor Tours
September 10-11
Preliminary plans are to offer two (2) optional tours of the region.
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Tour #1 @ $50/person Friday, September 10 (one day tour) -- This tour will depart the hotel at 8:30 a.m. The first stop will be the University of Minnesota Experiment Station in Rosemount to tour several soybean and corn plots. From there the tour will take you to Claremont to tour the Al Corn Ethanol Plant, with a focus on the high quality (feed) distillers dried grains with solubles produced there. The final stop will be at the Sunrich specialty grain plant located in Hope, including plot tours of a variety of grains handled at Sunrich. We expect to return to the hotel approximately 4:00 p.m. (cost includes transportation and lunch) .
- Tour #2, Option one -- $250/person, Friday & Saturday, September 10-11 (includes roundtrip airfare to Fargo, ND from Minneapolis and Friday night lodging in Fargo, ND)
- Tour #2, Option two -- $60/person, Friday & Saturday, September 10-11 (No airfare and no lodging)
Join Tour #2 as we head into the heartland of the Midwest. Learn about the wide variety of specialty grains produced in Minnesota and North Dakota. You will be able to walk the fields during your visit to the two area test plots, and the NDSU Agronomy Seed Farm at Casselton, ND. Next, you will tour the Roman Meal Milling Company, Fargo, ND, and Sun Gold at Horace, ND. Spend your evening networking over dinner. Whether you are a producer or processor or the end-user -- this is your chance to connect directly. A morning stop at the Northern Crops Institute in Fargo, ND takes you to a unique resource center where international buyers, trade teams, and processors come to learn about northern-grown crops. Don’t miss your chance to learn first-hand about the diverse crops of our region. Meet the people who produce and process these specialty grains. See the crop you will buy while it is still growing in the field.
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