Education Services
Extension information is distributed in whatever method best reaches the people. Thousands of North Dakotans are touched by Extension each year through workshops, demonstrations and individual consultation. Videotapes, publications and computer programs are available through county offices. Staff also uses the mass media and cooperate with other agencies and organizations to serve their communities.

Working Together
The NDSU Extension Service is a partnership between Renville County Commissioners, North Dakota State University and the US Department of Agriculture. Extension professional work in each of North Dakota's counties in youth development, home economics and agriculture. They're also facilitators, planners and teachers to help people in the community. They are NDSU faculty members themselves, and they work with campus specialists for more expertise. In Renville County they cooperate very closely with the North Central Research Extension Center located in Minot, North Dakota.

With Extensions help, you can develop new skills and problem solving methods. Program efforts now focus on:

In the studies at Minot, the recommended seeding rate for durum in north central and western North Dakota is 1.25-1.5 million seeds per acre. Durum will usually not tiller or "stool out" like HRSW. The recommendation of 1.0 million live seeds per acre is adequate for spring wheat. However, increasing the seeding rate to 1.25 million live sees should be considered. The seeding rate of 1.0 million live seeds per acre is recommended for barley. All these recommendations and charts below are at 100 % germination. If germination is less than 100%, rates should be increased accordingly.