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Volume 2/Issue 2                                                         August/September 2008    
Featured Member
 
Dakota Pride Cooperative
 
Farmers who grow Identity Preserved crops for Dakota Pride Cooperative find strength in their numbers.
 
About 200 producers strong, Dakota Pride Cooperative is a major supplier of value-added foods sold throughout the United States and Asia.
 
Upcoming Events

August 26-28: Midwest Specialty Grains Conference, Minneapolis, MN - Midwest Shippers Website
 
September 9-11: 2nd Annual Big Iron International Visitors Program, West Fargo, ND
 
September 15-20: Korea Reverse Trade Mission
 
September 23: International Business Training Program - Cross Culturla Negotiation and Team Building, Fargo, ND
 
September 25: USCS Training - Getting Paid:International Payments Panel, Bismarck, ND
 
September 29-October 3: Korea Reverse Trade Mission
 
October 9:  International Business Training Program - Export Finance, Fargo, ND
 
November 14-21: Turkey Trade Mission
 
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Big Iron Farm Show draws intl' buyers
BI LogoThe North Dakota Trade Office and U.S. Commercial Service are recruiting key buyers from eight foreign countries to attend Big Iron and participate in the show's International Visitors Program Sept. 8-11. About 130 equipment buyers from 11 foreign countries have registered to attend the three-day show and other events.
 
Big Iron, held at the West Fargo Fairgrounds, features more than 800 exhibitors and attracts about 70,000 visitors each year.

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South Korean trade teams to visit ND

Two trade delegations from the Republic of Korea will visit North Dakota in September to further develop business ties with the state's producers of value-added foods.
 
A group of 16 food company executives will arrive Sept. 15 and spend five days touring farms that produce Identity Preserved soybeans, soybean processing plants and the North Dakota State University Research Extension Center in Carrington. The food buyers also will attend a soybean quality class at the Northern Crops Institute in Fargo and one-on-one meetings with IP soybean producers.
 
ND businesses prepare for Turkey
The North Dakota Trade Office is organizing a trade mission to Turkey set for November 14-21, 2008.

North Dakota products in high demand in Turkey include food crops, construction machinery, building products, education services, water resources equipment and services and energy technology. 
 
Tap into the Intl' Business Internship Program
North Dakota businesses that compete in the international marketplace are encouraged to take advantage of the Trade Office's college internship program.
 
The Trade Office and North Dakota's colleges and universities work to identify, screen and place students within businesses in need of their skills.
 

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