extension agent

noun

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In April, the president canceled the National Climate Assessment, which distilled research like Hultgren’s or Li’s into actionable insights that federal and local extension agents transmitted to farmers. Saul Elbein, The Hill, 18 June 2025 Brad Fowler is an urban horticulture extension agent for Horry and Georgetown counties at Clemson Extension. Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2025 Egg-laying hens and broiler chickens – poultry raised for meat – are different, said Will Strickland, an assistant extension agent for Louisiana State University's AgCenter. Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025 Bryan Smith is an area extension agent at Clemson University. Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for extension agent

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First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of extension agent was in 1949

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“Extension agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extension%20agent. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.

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