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extension agent

American  

noun

  1. an agent employed by the county government to work with farmers to increase crop yields, prevent erosion, eliminate blights or pests, and the like.


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“This would enable a food service manager or extension agent or home ec teacher to diagnose and correct food preparation errors,” she wrote.

From Washington Post Nov. 8, 2022

Flores, a county extension agent for youth programs similar to 4-H Club, said the closeness of people in the town magnifies the loss.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2022

Overuse "is a huge challenge in our field," says Bhupinder Farmaha, a nutrient management specialist at Clemson University in the US, as well as an agricultural extension agent who works with farmers like Ms Sharp.

From BBC May 26, 2022

There are a number of reasons for this, according to Joel Flagler, a registered horticultural therapist who works as a professor and agricultural extension agent at Rutgers University.

From Salon Oct. 18, 2021

Every night, for a few minutes after he got in bed, he’d read about cattle breeding in the books the extension agent had loaned to him.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

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