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Since 2005, the Extension system has collaborated in developing eXtension.org (pronounced "e-extension"). eXtension is an Internet-based learning platform where Extension professionals and citizens nationwide and beyond have 24/7 access to unbiased, research-based, peer-reviewed information from land-grant universities on a wide range of topics.
The university also operates North Dakota's agricultural research extension centers distributed across the state on 18,488 acres (74.82 km 2). In 2015, NDSU's economic impact on the state and region was estimated to be $1.3 billion a year according to the NDUS Systemwide Economic Study by the School of Economics at North Dakota State University.
North Dakota Mill and Elevator postcard, ca. 1922 North Dakota State Seed Department on North Dakota State University campus. The state is the largest producer in the U.S. of many cereal grains, including barley (36% of U.S. crop), durum wheat (58%), hard red spring wheat (48%), oats (17%), and combined wheat of all types (15%).
Hettinger was founded in 1907 along the Milwaukee Road's transcontinental rail line known as the Pacific Extension. The city and its surrounding township were named by popular demand in recognition of Hettinger County, from which Adams County was created in 1907.
The North Country Trail begins near Garrison Dam at Lake Sakakawea State Park, North Dakota. The North Country Trail spends about 453 miles (729 km) in North Dakota. The trail begins at Lake Sakakawea State Park in Mercer County, following footpaths in the state park (including a junction with the Lewis and Clark Trail and a crossing of US Highway 83) and then a series of roads until reaching ...
Both North Dakota State University and the University of North Dakota built solar race cars. A solar car uses less power than a toaster, but can travel continuously at 55 mph using energy stored in batteries, charged only from the car's solar panels. In 2009 a solar car of this type visited Fargo while setting the record for the farthest ...
The park's larger South Unit lies alongside Interstate 94 near Medora, North Dakota. The smaller North Unit is situated about 80 mi (130 km) north of the South Unit, on U.S. Route 85, just south of Watford City, North Dakota. Roosevelt's Elkhorn Ranch is located between the North and South units, approximately 20 mi (32 km) west of US 85 and ...
February 3, 1975 – North Dakota ratifies the ERA. [4] January 24, 1977 – Indiana ratifies the ERA. [4] October 6, 1978 – The Senate passes an extension of the seven year deadline, setting it back to June 30, 1982. [2] June 30, 1982 – The modified deadline for the ERA ends with only 35 of the required 38 states having ratified. [2]