Course Details:
Dates: June 18-21, 2024
Location: Northern Crops Institute
Registration Fee: $2,000.00
Registration Deadline: June 1, 2024
Course Overview:
This course will provide training to enable participants to entirely run a stone mill. Participants will receive hands-on training with the NCI stone mill, and be able to experiment with the flours they create in the bake labs.
Participants who take this course will become proficient with stone milling and add value to products.
Objectives:
- Know the mill (components, how to utilize, capacity)
- How to produce the flour desired
- Physical characterization (particle size, color, etc.)
- Chemical characterization (nutritional characteristics, i.e. ash)
- Conditioning requirements and methods
- Flour utilization
Major Topics:
- Grain production, nutrition, and quality parameters
- Stone mill design, machine, and maintenance
- Grain cleaning and preparation for milling (tempering)
- Stone milling operation, adjustment, safety, and application
- Flour quality evaluation and characterization
- Application of stone-milled flour
- Development of bakery products using stone-milled flour
Who Should Attend:
This course is designed for custom millers, producers thinking about adding value to what they grow, artisan bakers and staff, recent buyers of stone mills and more!
How Do I Register?
Registration Fee: $2,000.00
Registration Deadline: June 1, 2024
Click on the “Enroll” button to pay by credit card. For alternate methods of payment, contact casey.peterson@ndsu.edu.
Important Note
Included in the registration fee are course materials, lunches and refreshments during the course, and one evening dinner banquet.
Airfare, hotel rooms and other meals are not included.
Hotel Information:
NCI has room blocks at the following hotel. Participants must make their own hotel reservations. You are welcome to stay at other hotels; however, NCI will provide transportation between the hotel and NCI each day only at the course hotel listed below. Please note that there is limited availability at each of the hotels.
Homewood Suites by Hilton
2021 16th St N
Fargo, ND 58102
Phone: 701-235-3150
Rate: $107.00 (+ taxes) per night
Name of Room Block: NCI – Stone Milling (Group Code 913)
Deadline for Room Block: May 27, 2024
Website: https://group.homewood-suites.com/wi5gsn
Transportation:
Transportation between the airports and hotels will be arranged by NCI, with more information provided prior to the start of the course.
NCI will provide daily transportation during the course.
Cancellation Policies:
Requests to cancel a registration must be received on or before June 1, 2024 to receive a full refund. Requests to cancel a registration after that date will receive credit for a future NCI course that is good for 1 year. If NCI is forced to cancel this course, all registered participants will be immediately contacted, and each will receive a full refund within 10 business days. Substitutions may be made up to 7 days before the course begins. To read our full Event Refund & Cancellation Policy, click here.
