NDSU Extension Service Delivers

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Results

• Developing youths’ potential as tomorrow’s leaders by involving thousands of young people in 4-H youth development programs

• Stimulating communities’ economic growth through the Center for Community Vitality, Rural Leadership North Dakota and local programs

• Providing information on new crop varieties, livestock production research, specialty crops, livestock and crop prices, hourly weather data, crop disease forecasts and beef quality assurance efforts to improve agricultural operations and help producers adapt to changing markets and consumer preferences

• Giving families information on parenting skills, financial planning, nutrition and disaster preparedness to help them make better decisions

• Responding to disasters quickly by creating Web sites and other resources with assistance on coping with flooding, winter weather, drought and late-maturing or frost-damaged crops

• Offering advice to make families safer, such as avoiding foodborne illnesses, securing farms and ranches, and using equipment properly

• Protecting the environment by supplying information on animal waste management, septic systems, water quality and handling pesticides safely

• Helping low-income families learn to spend their food dollars efficiently

The North Dakota State University Extension Service provides people with the reliable information they need to succeed in today’s increasingly complex world and prepare for the future. The Extension Service strives to be a vibrant, modern educational network that helps North Dakotans improve their quality of life. Extension offers knowledge that’s based on the latest research locally and at other universities across the country and around the world.

Delivery

People are lifelong learners and seek information in different ways and places. That’s why the Extension Service reaches people through a number of methods, including publications, workshops, meetings, Web sites, videoconferences, discussions, lessons, news stories, e-mail, phone calls, field tours and individual visits. Extension staff provide the high-quality programs and materials that people expect and use the best approach to reach the target audience.

Program Partners

The Extension Service has an ongoing program planning process. Program priorities are based on people’s needs, with input from a number of sources, including individuals, groups, county and multicounty advisory committees, area and state Extension specialists, county Extension agents, researchers, and Extension’s state and federal partners. The Extension Service often carries out programs in collaboration with others. Funding comes from county, state and federal governments; grants; contracts; fees; and partnerships.

Extension Service Purpose
is to create learning partnerships that help adults and youth enhance their lives and communities.

Extension Service Mission
Extension staff endeavor to provide an educational system that links research, science and technology to people of all ages. To do that, Extension is committed to being innovative, adaptable and willing to listen to people’s needs and concerns to create new ways of thinking, learning and addressing issues of today and in the future.