North Dakota Century Code Title 4.1. Agriculture § 4.1-15-03. Purpose--Powers and duties

1. In-plant consultations regarding crop quality problems, product manufacturing, and possible purchasing methods and standards.

2. Short courses in product milling and processing, plant management, county elevator management, grain grading, and marketing of crops.

3. Educational and career and technical education training programs in milling, processing, manufacturing, purchasing methods, marketing procedures, product sales techniques, and other related subjects to be conducted for users of northern crops.

4. Short-term investigations, consultation, evaluation, and research to solve technical problems involved in the maintenance of quality and utilization of northern crops.

5. Annual surveys and quality analyses of new northern crops and monitoring of the quality and condition of commodities in market channels.

6. Research on northern crop damage problems and solutions.

7. Identification of problem areas in marketing northern crops abroad.

8. Preparation of instructional, informational, and reference publications on the end use, technical aspects of marketing, and utilization of northern crops for distribution domestically and abroad.