IBID

Institute for Business and Industry Development
Business and Industry's "Front Door" to NDSU

We want to mill a small quantity of grain to test the market?

Value Added Agriculture Assistance
IBID in close cooperation with the College of Agriculture, the College of Engineering, and Northern Crops Institute, can help you with questions regarding processing, processing equipment, plant layout and design, material process flow, quality control, etc.
Typical Questions
• Do you have any milling facilities available to make some short production runs for test marketing a product we are developing?
• We need to modify an existing piece of processing equipment to fit our needs. Can your engineers assists us in these modifications?
• Can you help us determine the profile of the dry edible bean market?
• What is the most efficient machinery layout for our facility?
• What is the feasibility of establishing a vegetable processing facility?
Useful Web Sites:
Agricultural Biotechnology
http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/biotech/ 
Alternative Agriculture
http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs
Agricultural Marketing Resource Center
http://www.agmrc.org/ 
Specialty Crop Research Studies
http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs
NDSU Department of Cereal Science Research Facilities
http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs
Durum Wheat Quality and Pasta Processing Laboratory
http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs
Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives
http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/qbcc/ 
Agriculture Innovation Center
http://www.aginnovationcenter.org/resources/foodproducts.shtml 
Northern Crops Institute
http://www.northern-crops.com/ 


For Assistance -- Contact: Kathleen Tweeten, Director
NDSU Center for Community Vitality
Institute for Business and Industry Development (IBID)
2718 Gateway Ave., Suite 104
Bismarck, ND 58503
701-328-9718
701-328-9721 (fax)
kathleen.tweeten@ndsu.edu

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