North Dakota Discovery Farm Vision Statement

To achieve its mission, the Discovery Farms program in North Dakota needs to: 1) identify any environmental impacts through monitoring and sampling of agricultural runoff and soils caused by current agricultural practices on actual production farms and ranches in North Dakota; 2) implement and evaluate management practices to alleviate or minimize negative environmental impacts while maintaining farm profitability; and, 3) inform the agriculture community and the public of better agricultural practices that will balance farm profitability with the regulations and polices that protect the State's natural resources.