The network provides weather data that is used in developing various agricultural models.

Precision agriculture, farm electrical safety and crop disease are just a few of the topics to be discussed on this year's tour.

Participants will learn about the environmental benefits, economic considerations and practical challenges in managing livestock alongside renewable energy.

The model predicts the maturity date of soybeans for eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota.

Ethiopian producers and university staff learn agricultural techniques from NDSU Extension agronomists.

NDSU Extension also has developed health and disaster preparedness online tools and apps.

Visitors will be able to learn about crop production, the drought, farm stress and NDSU’s Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department.

LIDAR technology uses laser light beams to determine distance by measuring the length of time a laser beam takes to travel to an object and then reflect back.

The program uses the direct costs and yields from the 2014 projected crop budgets for nine regions of North Dakota.