About one-third of requests for assistance are from outside North Dakota. Grain characteristic assessment will be a future focus of educational efforts. This is becoming more important as financial margins decrease and the customers demand higher quality. Educational topics include grain sampling, moisture measurement, protein measurement and other important grain characteristic measurements. Demand for carrot storage information is increasing due to farmers raising more of this high value crop.
Storage is essential for marketing carrot production.
Research will be required to develop design criteria. Field evaluation will be needed to verify information. Structures Current staff size does not permit conducting an appropriate educational program in the structures area. Educational efforts consist primarily of providing engineering assistance and educational programming upon request. Many people seeking structures and environment engineering expertise are referred to Extension Agricultural Engineering due to the void of expertise in the geographical area.