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1890 Association of Extension Administrators (AEA)
Association of 1890 Research Directors (ARD)
Association of Southern Region Extension Directors (ASRED)
North Central Cooperative Extension Association (NCCEA)
North Central Regional Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (NCRA)
North East Extension Directors (NEED)
Northeastern Regional Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (NERA)
Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (SAAESD)
Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (WAAESD)
1862
The Land Grant System Began
In 1862 the Morrill Act gave states public lands provided the lands be sold or used for profit and the proceeds used to establish at least one college—hence, land grant colleges—that would teach agriculture and the mechanical arts.
National Organizations and Committees
Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU)
Board on Ag Assembly
Policy Board of Directors
Administrative Heads
Academic Committee on Organization and Policy (ACOP)
Association of 1890 Research Directors
Cooperative Extension Section
Experiment Station Section
International Agriculture Section (IAS)
Council for Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching (CARET)
Board on Human Sciences
Board on Natural Resources
eXtension
eXtension Board of Directors
Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP)
ECOP Executive Committee
ECOP Personnel Committee
ECOP Program Committee
ECOP Budget and Legislative Committee
First Americans Land-Grant Consortium (FALCON) - 1994 Land Grant Institutions
FALCON Tribal Colleges
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FALCON Collaboration Portal
Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative
Journal of Extension (JOE)
National 4-H Council
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC)
Association of Communication Excellence (ACE)
Association of Natural Resources Extension Professionals (ANREP)
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST)
Epsilon Sigma Phi (ESP)
Farm Foundation
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)
Joint Council of Extension Professionals (JCEP)
National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals (NACDEP)
National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA)
National Association of Counties (NACO)
National Association of Extension 4-H Agents (NAE4-HA)
National Association of Extension Program & Staff Development Professionals (NAEPSDP)
National Extension Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (NAEFCS)
Rural Development Centers
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
(NCRCRD) [Michigan State University]
Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
(NRCRD) [PA State University]
Southern Rural Development Center
(SRDC) [MS State University]
Western Rural Development Center
(WRDC) [Utah State University]
GOVERNMENTAL OFFICES
United States House of Representatives
Representatives' Offices
United States Senate
Senators' Offices
White House
Federal Departments/Agencies
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
USDA Office of the Chief Scientist
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
USDA/Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
USDA/Forest Service (FS)
USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
Economic Research Service (ERS)
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
Rural Development (RD)
Farm Services Agency (FSA)
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS)
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS)
National Agricultural Library (NAL)
Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC)
U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Department of Transportation
U.S. Department of the Treasury
U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
2 Million
Amount of people that the US federal government currently employs.
584,027
Number of U.S. Postal Service employees, which is more than any other independent government agency.
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