Collaboration

The Northern Crops Institute, N.D. State Seed Department, N.D. Agricultural Statistics Service, N.D. Census Center and USDA's Northern Crop Science and Bioscience Research Laboratories are also located on the NDSU campus. The close affiliation of scientific interests and physical location of these programs provides a solid research nucleus to concentrate on state, regional and national needs in agricultural research.

Scientists based at the Main Station do research under local conditions and work with Experiment Station and Extension staff throughout the state. Nearly 400 acres of Main Station land is intensely cultivated and maintained in orderly research plots. These experiments are carefully designed and replicated to simulate large-scale farming enterprises in order to test new varieties of plants and experimental ways of raising them more efficiently and effectively.

Livestock research investigates livestock growth, reproduction and health and includes dairy, beef, equine, swine and sheep.

Special emphasis is given to several aspects of rural life and North Dakota population changes.