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Cooperative Extension Services: Your Local Gardening Experts

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Find Your State's Cooperative Extension Service!

Catherine Boeckmann
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Got gardening questions? You can always ask the 蜜桃恋人, but you should also know about your own state’s cooperative extension service. They are made up of local experts who provide on-the-ground advice with tricky insect problems, the best varieties to plant in your area, and more! Here’s a list of cooperative extension offices by state.

What Is a Cooperative Extension?

In 1914, the U.S. Department of Agriculture partnered with a nationwide network of universities to create a system of 鈥渆xtension鈥 services. The goal of these services was to provide farmers across the country with advice from local experts regarding all things agriculture and farming. 

The program was a huge success, and today, there are extension services in all 50 states (though some are not associated with the USDA). Extension services routinely put on community events, hold lectures and courses, and answer gardening and farming questions from locals. Typically, an extension service has a 鈥渉ome base鈥 located at a prominent university in the state but will often have a series of county offices, too.

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Contact your state’s extension service for advice on gardening. They can help you with anything from dealing with local pests to choosing plant varieties suitable for your area. You can also get your garden soil tested (usually for a small fee), enroll in a Master Gardener program, or get your child involved in a 4-H club through the extension service.

Cooperative Extension Services by State

Although we LOVE to answer your gardening questions here on our website, sometimes the knowledge of a local expert is required! Consult the list below to find the cooperative extension service in your state for free advice.

Note: These website links may change occasionally, so please comment below if you find the link needs to be fixed, and we will update it. Thank you.

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Cooperative Extensions in U.S. Territories

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Catherine Boeckmann

Catherine Boeckmann loves nature, stargazing, and gardening so it鈥檚 not surprising that she and The Old Farmer鈥檚 蜜桃恋人 found each other. She leads digital content for the 蜜桃恋人 website, and is also a certified master gardener in the state of Indiana. Read More from Catherine Boeckmann
 

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Jennifer Smith (not verified)

1 year ago

Does Maine have a place to contact? Not seeing any information.

Ashlea Smith (not verified)

1 year 1 month ago

I realize that they are technically not states but these territories do have land-grant universities with cooperative extensions and should be added to this list:

Guam - Univ. of Guam: https://www.uog.edu/extension/index.php
District of Columbia - Univ. of DC: https://www.udc.edu/causes/land-grant/center-for-urban-agriculture-gardening-education/
Puerto Rico - Univ. of Puerto Rico-Mayag眉ez: https://www.uprm.edu/sea/
US. Virgin Islands - Univ. of Virgin Islands: https://www.uvi.edu/community/cooperative-extension-service/
American Samoa - American Samoa Community College: https://www.amsamoa.edu/institution/cnr.html
Micronesia - College of Micronesia: http://www.comfsm.fm/?q=vpcre

One note: I suggest moving the District of Columbia up above under the states section, as it is a Federal District that operates like a state with home rule and is typically grouped with other states when listed. The others you have listed under U.S. Territories are logically grouped together.

MARYSUE LARSEN (not verified)

1 year 1 month ago

Wisconsin just goes to the main UW system page

Texas (not verified)

1 year 1 month ago

Not all Extension programs are cooperative extensions. For Texas, https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ is listed as the only extension program in Texas. However, Prairie View A&M's Cooperative Extension Program is the cooperative extension for the state: https://www.pvamu.edu/cafnr/extension/. Can you update your website?

Thank you

T Carlson (not verified)

1 year 2 months ago

CT link doesn't work.