Workshop on Marketing Identity Preserved Crops Set for Linton Feb. 13

A workshop on marketing identity preserved crops will be Friday, Feb. 13, in the Emmons County Courthouse Auditorium in Linton.

“For producers looking to increase income while reducing or maintaining the number of acres they farm, producing identity-preserved crops may be an attractive option,” according to Cole Gustafson, North Dakota State University agricultural economist and one of the presenters at the meeting. Gustafson says there are numerous opportunities to grow and market identity preserved crops in North Dakota. Crops with unique processing qualities and organic crops are examples.

The meeting is free and opens at 10 a.m. with a review of the basics of identity preservation by Rudy Radke, a high-value crops specialist with the NDSU Extension Service. Gustafson will discuss the economics of identity preserved crops. Carrol Deurr of the Midwest Shippers Association will outline challenges and requirements for shipping those crops.

Afternoon sessions will include a discussion of identity preservation efforts with sunflowers by Curt Sterm with Archer Daniels Midland, Co. Tim Radermacher of the North Dakota Soybean Council will discuss identity preservation in soybeans.

For more information, contact the Emmons County office of the NDSU Extension Service at (701) 254-4811.

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