county agent

American  

noun

1. a U.S. governmental official employed chiefly to advise farmers on farming and marketing techniques and to promote educational programs fitted to the needs of rural people.

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Etymology

Origin of county agent

An Americanism dating back to 1695–1705

Example Sentences

Overall, overcast weather after Barry helped plants recover, Evangeline Parish county agent Todd Fontenot said.

From Washington Times • Jul. 20, 2019

Coccarro has been filling in part-time since last summer when county agent Wesley Purvis transferred to Claiborne County.

From Washington Times • Jan. 29, 2015

He was so sure of himself that he laughed at the county agent who wanted him to try contour plowing.

From Time Magazine Archive

When a blow like this hits," said a county agent in southeast Colorado, "the whole sky turns brown like the smoke from a great prairie fire.

From Time Magazine Archive

A few wanted other professions, such as one boy who wanted to become a county agent; another, a veterinarian; and one girl wanted to be a nurse.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey