NDSU researchers Dean Bangsund and Nancy Hodur, Governor Doug Burgum, and Greg Lardy, vice president for Agricultural Affairs at NDSU share the economic contributions of agriculture during a press release at the state capitol. Nancy Johnson | courtesy photo
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Researchers at North Dakota State University (NDSU) recently completed an inaugural study on the economic contributions of agriculture to the state of North Dakota. Results show a contribution of nearly $31 billion to the economy and more than 110,000 jobs.
The NDSU Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics and the NDSU Center for Social Research partnered to capture the economic contributions of all segments of agriculture in a single, comprehensive assessment.
“This examination is the first time that agriculture has been broadly defined to include all aspects of the industry,” says Nancy Hodur, director for the NDSU Center…
