Northern Crops Institute’s first pasta short course of the year will be April 12-14.

The “Pasta Production and Technology” short course introduces pasta manufacturers to the fundamental and applied aspects of manufacturing extruded and sheeted pasta products. Raw material quality criteria, specifications and processing variables and their impact on final pasta product quality are presented in detail.

Course faculty will include Gabriele Cannata, DeMari Pasta Dies USA; Radwan Ibrahim and Alexis Freier, Dakota Growers Pasta Co.; Michael Ehr, Buhler Inc.; Frank Manthey and Elias Elias, NDSU; and Brian Sorenson and Mehmet Tulbek, Northern Crops Institute.

The registration fee is $900. Payment in full is due one week before the start of the course. Registration deadline is March 21.

A second pasta production course, “Pasta: Raw Materials and Processing Technology,” will be offered Aug. 8-12. For more information or to register, visit www.northern-crops.com and follow the educational link, or call 1-7736.

Northern Crops Institute is the international center for meeting and learning about crops produced in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Montana. Since 1983, the institute has hosted visitors from more than 128 countries.