The Agriculture and Food Systems Program has key programs providing assistance and support to the County's agricultural community.

    Explore Our Programs

    • Close Encounters with Agriculture

      Close Encounters with Agriculture

      Annual award-winning agriculture, environment, and nutrition education program offered to Montgomery County fourth-grade students

    • Agricultural Nutrient Management Program

      Nutrient Management

      Plan writing assistance for farmers

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      Small Farm Workshops

      Beginning Small Farm Workshop services are offered annually, please contact mocoinfo@und.edu.

    • Case of Strawberries ready for market

      Commercial Horticulture

      UME provides educational programming and materials, applied research results, and consultations to assist arborists, landscapers, and nurseries 

    • Pesticide Safety

      Pesticide Safety & Training

      Agricultural assistance for producers and businesses with timely information regarding pesticide use 

    • Bruk Belayneh in strawberry patch with remote moisture sensing units and irrigation equipment.

      Farm and Agribusiness Management

      Non-formal educational programming and applied research conducted by the UME to help producers and agribusinesses improve their business management

    • Apple orchard

      Fruit and Vegetable Production

      Assistance to increase the productivity and profitability of farmers while protecting natural resources.

    • Bakyard Chickens

      Animal Science

      Applied research and research-based educational program to help growers and managers of beef and dairy cattle, goat, horse, poultry, sheep, and other animals 

    • Combine harvesting corn

      Row Crop and Forage Production

      Program offerings to increase productivity, profitability, and protect soil health, and water quality for row crop producers.

    Explore Our Statewide Programs

    State-wide The Agriculture & Food Systems Extension Educators work with farmers, landscapers, and Nurserymen by providing technical and educational information and resources. Agriculture programs focus on issues which include:

    Year of the Woman Farmer

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