Visitors will tour the orchard and hear the latest updates from the Northern Hardy Fruit Evaluation Project.

Topics will include agronomic practices, weed management and precision agriculture.

As the dependency ratio increases, so does potential for concern among communities faced with an older, nonworking population.

Become a Catalyst of Change is the theme of the 2012 National 4-H Congress.

Eric Branch is NDSU's new Extension sugarbeet specialist.