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NDSU research, extension staff brief House and Senate agriculture panels on ag tech, field work and local programs
Summary
Sarah Hall Lovas, chair of the State Board of Agricultural Research and Extension, and Greg Lardy, director of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and NDSU Extension, told a joint House and Senate agriculture hearing that state investments in agricultural research and extension are producing measurable economic and on‑farm results.
Sarah Hall Lovas, chair of the State Board of Agricultural Research and Extension (SBARE), and Greg Lardy, director of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and NDSU Extension, told a joint meeting of the House and Senate agriculture committees that state investment in ag research and extension is showing measurable returns.
Lovas said the legislature’s funding has produced “significant and positive impacts for North Dakota agriculture” and emphasized SBARE’s role in budgeting and policy for the experiment station and extension programs.
The message to lawmakers was practical: NDSU researchers and extension specialists described specific projects now in the field — from genomic-assisted crop breeding to robotic and drone sensing to microbial products aimed at replacing nitrogen fertilizer — and explained how those projects are transferred to producers through county extension offices.
Why it matters: lawmakers heard that agriculture contributes billions to the state economy and that research and…
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