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Definition: Extension Agent |
Extension AgentNoun1. An advisor employed by the government to assist people in rural areas with methods of farming and home economics. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Occupations | Organizes and conducts cooperative extension program to advise and instruct farmers and individuals engaged in agri-business in applications of agricultural research findings: Collects, analyzes, and evaluates agricultural data; plans and develops techniques; and advises farmers to assist in solving problems, such as crop rotation and soil erosion. Delivers lectures and prepares articles concerning subjects, such as farm management and soil conservation. Demonstrates practical procedures used in solving agricultural problems. Discusses extension program with representatives of commercial organizations, county government, and other groups to inform them of program services and to obtain their cooperation in encouraging use of services. Prepares activity, planning, and other reports and maintains program records. Prepares budget requests, or assists in their preparation. May supervise and coordinate activities of other county extension workers. May direct 4-H Club activities. May be designated by specific program assignment as Agri-Business Agent (government ser.); Farm-Management Agent (government ser.); Horticultural Agent (government ser.); Livestock Agent (government ser.); Resource Agent (government ser.). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Extension AgentSynonyms: agricultural agent (n), county agent (n). (additional references) |
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 | Herb Webb (left), NRCS Resource Conservationist, Flathead Indian Reservation Tribal Complex, Pablo, MT, and Joel Clairmont, tribal member, local extension agent, grain, hay, and cattle producer, discuss the quality of alfalfa he is about to bale. Clairmon. Credit: Bob Nichols. |  | TRIM and fit: Extension agent Wayne Cooley, ARS agronomist Randy Anderson, and farmer Gilbert Lindstrom work together as a team to figure the best methods for growing wheat in a dryland cropping system relying on a wheat/corn/fallow rotation. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-g-i-n-n-n-o-s-t-t-x" | |
-3 letters: nonexistent. | |
-4 letters: negotiants, negotiates, sententiae, sonnetting, xenogenies. | |
-5 letters: antigenes, enneagons, exegetist, extension, gestation, intonates, neatening, negations, negotiant, negotiate, neotenies, nineteens, nonextant, sententia, sonneting, tenanting. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 78 74 65 6E 73 69 6F 6E 41 67 65 6E 74 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01111000 01110100 01100101 01101110 01110011 01101001 01101111 01101110 00100000 01000001 01100111 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E x t e n s i o n   A g e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0078 0074 0065 006E 0073 0069 006F 006E 0041 0067 0065 006E 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39908671808575818023573718086 |
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