Looking for Find your local county extension office with this list of the agricultural extension offices across the US in 2024? Scroll down this page and follow the links. And if you bring home some fruit or vegetables and want to can, freeze, make jam, salsa or pickles, see this page for simple, reliable, illustrated canning, freezing or preserving directions. There are plenty of other related resources, click on the resources dropdown above. If you are having a hard time finding canning lids, I've used these, and they're a great price & ship in 2 days.
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Are you looking for help with a question about your garden, lawn, finding a farm or anything agricultural? The solution is your local county extension agent from the Cooperative Extension office; and they're free! To find your local county extension agent's office, just click on your state on the map below! The Cooperative Extension System is a nationwide, non-credit educational network. Each U.S. state and territory has a state office at its land-grant university and a network of local or regional offices. These offices are staffed by one or more experts who provide useful, practical, and research-based information to agricultural producers, small business owners, youth, consumers, and others in rural areas and communities of all sizes.
On this page, you will also find links to each state's department of agriculture.
To find your local county extension service office, just click on your state or territory here:
AK | AL | AR | AZ | CA | CO | CT | DE | FL | GA | HI | IA | ID | IL | IN |KS | KY | LA |
MA | MD |ME | MI | MN | MO | MS |MT | NC | ND | NE | NH |NJ | NM | NV | NY | OH |OK |
OR | PA | RI | SC |SD | TN | TX | UT | VA |VT | WA | WI | WV | WY |Washington D.C. |
U.S. Territories:
American Samoa | Guam |
The 100 colleges and universities that comprise the nation's Land-Grant University System are institutions that have been designated by their state legislature or Congress to receive federal support.
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