[2] NSAC was located on the provincial demonstration farm in Bible Hill along a bluff overlooking the north bank of the Salmon River; it expanded throughout the 20th century to a total area of 442 hectares (1,092 acres).
[3] In the early years, NSAC focused on educating farmers in aspects of field and animal husbandry.
[5] A disastrous fire in 1946 destroyed the science building and a temporary campus was set up in a former Canadian Army hospital at the Debert Military Camp.
Throughout its history, the NSAC was an independent post-secondary research and education institution but it was directly funded by and administered by the provincial government's Department of Agriculture.
In an op-ed piece on 20 May 2011, then Agriculture Minister John MacDonell announced that the province was exploring a new partnership with Dalhousie University.
It trained students in how to operate an agricultural business from both a financial standpoint as well as teaching proper plant growing and animal husbandry techniques.