Farmers have experienced high demand and prices for their crops the past few years. However, farmers and experts agree that these conditions cannot be sustained forever.

North Dakota’s economy has been largely insulated from the primary factors affecting national and world economies.

The CHS contribution will enable the center to expand the reach of graduate and undergraduate courses and improve efforts to develop and disseminate cooperative educational materials through electronic and social media sources.

One of the first steps is understanding that projections of future oil activity do not exhibit the classic boom-and-bust cycles the state has experienced in the past.

Growth will require school districts to add classrooms and teachers and perhaps school buildings, depending on circumstances and existing infrastructure within individual school districts.

Standard demographic models and methods historically used to project population are inadequate because of the very rapid rate of change in western North Dakota and the unique nature of the Williston Basin workforce.

Marketing Agritourism Online helps agriculture-based operations attract customers.

The population of Williams County could go as high as 70,000 by 2017.

It will provide a very positive environment for teaching students with interests in commodity marketing, and is the first of its kind that specializes in agricultural commodities.

Waterfowl hunting provides huge economic benefits to both private industry and the state.

Farm gross cash revenue has increased by more than 150 percent in the past decade.

Business retention and expansion programs help communities assess their business environment.

A new program will help entrepreneurs sell their specialty foods directly to consumers.

Economics is a useful tool for analyzing how different factors affect a business.

In southern Afghanistan, deals often are made by a handshake, and many disputes are handled at the village level, with residents deferring to the village or tribal elder.

Efforts to maintain environmental quality need not threaten economic growth.

For now, employment will be driven more by short-term or temporary jobs, such as those associated with construction, drilling and fracking. Long-term employment will be more closely associated with maintenance and oil field services.

Students will have the ability to analyze portfolios, trading strategies and risks.

This column is intended to provide you with an update on emerging economic and agribusiness issues and research.

Some “facts” about starting a business are untrue.

After adjusting for inflation, North Dakota’s real-dollar GDP grew 7 percent from 2009 to 2010.

More and more people use the Internet to search for places to shop, eat and find entertainment.

Twenty-six people were chosen for Rural Leadership North Dakota’s 2011-13 class.

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Current energy development activities in western North Dakota are affecting the age distribution in a way that counters the overall state trend.

In 2010, single-family homes were approximately half (54 percent) of the new authorized housing in North Dakota and averaged $173,424 in value.

Employees of small businesses account for more than 60 percent of North Dakota’s private-sector workforce.

A $10,000 grant will help cover program costs for RLND’s 2011-13 class.

A new website can help entrepreneurs start their small business and make it successful.