Fourteen representatives from 10 countries attended the International Durum Wheat Program at Cigi (Canadian International Grains Institute) in Winnipeg during the week of Aug. 19. The program included lectures, laboratory sessions, field visits, and pilot processing demonstrations on Canadian durum wheat.
Topics will include breeding, production, grading, handling, transportation, marketing, milling and end-use processing.
The participants represent trading organizations, mills and processing companies from Algeria, Colombia, Cuba, Germany, Morocco, Peru, Portugal, South Korea, and the U.S.
In addition to classroom and technical sessions in Winnipeg, the participants visited the Crop Development Centre at the University of Saskatchewan, a grain farm near Saskatoon and a terminal elevator at the Port of Vancouver.
“The program will offer international customers a greater understanding of Canada Western Amber durum wheat and its application in pasta and other end products as well as providing us with additional information on their end-use requirements,” said Earl Geddes, Cigi CEO.
