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agricultural agent

American  

noun

  1. county agent.


Etymology

Origin of agricultural agent

1945–50;

Example Sentences

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His father was a county agricultural agent for Maverick County, and his mother was an elementary school teacher.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2022

He said he had received a text message from an agricultural agent advising him to find a new milk processor on Sunday morning.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2019

Instead of becoming a teacher, he returned to the EJE Ranch, where his father, Mick, a longtime agricultural agent, had already begun the process of transforming the former wheat farm into a cattle operation.

From Washington Times • Aug. 23, 2015

A 1915 photograph, “Clearing Land for Medford Grange Hall, Labor Day,” attests to Mr. Fullerton’s inventiveness as an agricultural agent.

From New York Times • May 3, 2013

Most of the counties in the United States have a county agricultural agent, who is located at the county seat and whose territory covers only the county in which he resides.

From A Living from the Land by Duryee, William B.