Whether you want to work the land, raise livestock or help others do it better, NDSCS is a great place to start.
Academic Options
The Ag Business option focuses on core business concepts such as accounting, sales, management and marketing, while providing a diverse agriculture background.
- Type: A.A.S. degree
- Locations: Wahpeton
- Cluster: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
- Green Technology Available
The Agronomy curriculum is designed to provide instruction in crop production, soils, marketing, field crop scouting and business management. Cutting edge agricultural technology is infused into this curriculum wherever possible.
- Type: A.A.S. degree
- Locations: Wahpeton
- Cluster: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
- Green Technology Available
In the Animal Science option in the Agriculture Department you can choose between careers in diversified crop and livestock production, sales of livestock feed and supplies, and employment in a livestock operation.
- Type: A.A.S. degree
- Locations: Wahpeton
- Cluster: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
- Green Technology Available
The Farm Management option focuses on farm management, record keeping and other agricultural topics such as precision agriculture, ag marketing, crop production, computerized records and soil fertility.
- Type: A.A.S. degree
- Locations: Wahpeton
- Cluster: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
- Green Technology Available
The Meat Processing option is a collaboration offering between NDSCS and NDSU. Students who enroll in the Meat Processing certificate program at NDSCS will have the opportunity to gain skills in a high-demand career field.
- Type: Certificate
- Locations: Wahpeton, Fargo
- Cluster: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
- Green Technology Available
The precision agriculture option prepares students to help producers use the newest technologies to collect and manage data to optimize crop production and crop inputs.
- Type: A.A.S. degree
- Locations: Wahpeton
- Cluster: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
- Green Technology Available
The Ranch Management option is designed to provide the student returning to the ranch or diversified livestock operation with the management and production skills necessary to be successful.
- Type: A.A.S. degree
- Locations: Wahpeton
- Cluster: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
- Green Technology Available
Right now, there are more great agriculture career options than there are people to fill them, and the same goes for the future.
We’re helping our students jump into outstanding ag careers through hands-on experience with the latest information, advanced technologies and best management practices.
September 2018 - AM 890 AgNews Interviews NDSCS Ag Department Chair Craig Zimprich about land donated to NDSCS for a Land Lab. Click here to listen.
October 2017 - AM 890 AgNews Interviews NDSCS Ag Department Chair Craig Zimprich and NDSCS Associate Professor Dr. Anissa Hoffman about the new Ag Land Lab. Click here to listen.
