MISSION
Add new wealth to the economy by creating, retaining, and expanding rural cooperatives and other primary sector business enterprises.
The rural development center has been providing federally-supported technical assistance to rural areas since 1994. Operating under the umbrella of NDAREC and the Broadband Association of North Dakota (BAND), the Center has come to be recognized as a major development player in North Dakota. We are networked with 16 electric cooperatives and 12 telecommunications co-ops in a statewide effort focusing on sustaining and growing rural areas. The local cooperatives assist the Center with rural development activities and community outreach. North Dakota’s rural electric and telecommunications cooperatives have been providing matching funds for the Center since 1994.
We promote and support development of cooperatives and economic development through consultation, technical assistance, financing programs and education.
Our Partners
Economic Development & Finance and ND Development Fund
Economic Development & Finance (nd.gov)
Ag Products Utilization Commission
Ag Products Utilization Commission (APUC) | North Dakota Department of Agriculture (nd.gov)
Manufacturing Technology Partnership
Advanced Manufacturing | North Dakota State Government - ND Portal
Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives
Academics Agribusiness and Applied Economics Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives | NDSU Agriculture and Extension
Ag Research Fund
Agricultural Research Fund — State Board of Agricultural Research and Education (ndsu.edu)
North Dakota Coordinating Council for Cooperatives
North Dakota Coordinating Council of Cooperatives | Facebook