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You Tube Pasta Contest

Celebrate National Pasta Month with the U.S. Durum Growers Association

Posted 8/13/10 (Fri) read more »

Durum Wheat Quality Program Applications Being Accepted Now!

The U.S. Durum Growers Association is happy to announce that the U.S. Department of Agriculture began accepting applications for the Durum Wheat Quality Program.

Posted 7/27/10 (Tue) read more »

New Director Joins USDGA

The U.S. Durum Growers met in Minot this past November for the International Durum Forum. During their re-organizational meeting the USDGA board reelected their new Executive board with one additional Director.

Posted 4/18/10 (Sun) read more »

You Tube Pasta Contest

This past October the U.S. Durum Growers held their second annual You Tube Pasta Contest to celebrate and promote National Pasta Month. The top three videos were watched during the evening banquet at the Crop Outlook and International Durum Forum on November 10, 2009.

Posted 11/18/09 (Wed) read more »

Durum Sample Contest Winners

The U.S. Durum Growers hosted a contest this year during the Crop Outlook and International Durum Forum on November 10th. We asked each local producer to bring a 3lb sample of their “BEST” quality durum. Throughout the day participants judged the top three samples from each local producer.

Posted 11/18/09 (Wed) read more »

Crop Outlook & International Durum Forum

Wheat is still king in North Dakota. Wheat growers and others who depend on this industry for their livelihoods are encouraged to attend the Crop Outlook & International Durum Forum, Nov. 10th at the Holiday Inn Riverside, Minot, ND. The program, which is a cooperative effort between the U.S. Durum Growers Association and the North Dakota Wheat Commission, starts at 8 a.m. and closes with an evening banquet.

Posted 11/03/09 (Tue) read more »

Amber Award Recipient

This year at the Crop Outlook & International Durum Forum, the USDGA Board of Directors will be honoring Kent McKay from Kenmare, ND with the Amber Award for his outstanding commitment to the durum industry.

Posted 11/03/09 (Tue) read more »

Durum Person of the Year

This year at the Crop Outlook & International Durum Forum, the USDGA Board of Directors will be honoring Senator Byron Dorgan with the Durum Person of the Year award for his outstanding commitment to the durum industry.

Posted 11/03/09 (Tue) read more »

World Pasta Day 2009

International Pasta Organization (IPO) will present “World Pasta Day 2009,” a conference of the world’s leading pasta manufacturers to present the latest nutritional and scientific research on pasta to the industry at large. Since1995, World Pasta Day has been an international celebration of pasta—a food consumed all over the world in varying cuisines. World Pasta Day 2009’s focus will be “Pasta Meals on Every Family Table.”

Posted 10/28/09 (Wed) read more »

Durum Samples Contest at the Crop Outlook & International Durum Forum

North Dakota is known around the world for producing some of the best durum, but who in the state has the top sample? The U.S. Durum Growers are hosting a contest this year during the Crop Outlook and International Durum Forum on November 10th. We are asking each local elevator and producer to bring a 3lb sample of their “BEST” quality durum. Throughout the day participants will judge the top three samples for each local elevator and each local producer.

Posted 10/28/09 (Wed) read more »


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