NDSU Extension creates learning partnerships that help adults and youth enhance their lives and their communities. This purpose is accomplished through the dissemination of information and by implementing educational programs geared to the changing needs of North Dakotans.

Faculty and staff on campus work primarily within the academic departments of the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources, and the College of Human Sciences and Education, but also the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Their appointments in these departments make them partners in NDSU's academic programs and research. County and area staff across the state complete the link between those NDSU programs and North Dakota citizens.

NDSU Extension focuses its work around ten program areas:

• Leadership and Civic Engagement
• Livestock Management
• Farm Business Management
• Crop Management
• Natural Resource Management
• Personal and Family Finance
• 4-H Youth Development
• Human Development and Family Science
• Nutrition, Food Safety and Health
• Horticulture and Forestry

NDSU Extension provides user-friendly information that reflects research efforts in North Dakota and across the country.