Texas AgriLife Extension Service
AgriLife Extension has more than 5,500 volunteer master gardeners working in 90 Texas counties..
With a mission to provide quality, relevant outreach and continuing education programs and services, Texas AgriLife Extension Service employs more than 900 professional educators across the state to serve families, youth, communities and businesses in all 254 of the state’s counties. County Extension Agents serve as local educators in the broad areas of food and fiber production, marketing and policy, environmental and natural resource conservation and management, family and consumer sciences, human nutrition and health, 4-H and youth development, and community economic development. Together, Extension faculty develops research-based programs and works with some 150,000 volunteers each year to address local issues and needs.
| Established | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Number of Group Educational/Outreach Programs Delivered | 83,059 |
| Number of Direct Teaching Exposures | 14,736,355 |
| Number of Counties That Have Texas AgriLife Extension offices | 248 |
| Number of Centers | 12 |
| FY 2008 Operating Budget | $108.7M |
Did You Know?
- Over one million Texans between the ages of 5 and 19—about 15 percent of all youth in Texas of those ages—are enrolled in 4-H annually, and more than half live in major cities.
- Every year, more than 12,000 Texans statewide volunteer on program committees to help direct Extension activities in their counties.
- Hundreds of educational programs are conducted at the local level, while some draw a statewide audience. One of the most widely attended programs is the Beef Cattle Short Course held at Texas A&M, which annually draws 1,200 ranchers and others from across Texas and several other states.
- Extension's work with farmers in the Coastal Bend region led to the launching of a farm-raised catfish enterprise that realized gross revenues of $4.8 million in 2004. With revenues projected at $7.5 million in 2005, the effort helps support more than 140 jobs in agriculture and related industries.
Agency information: (979) 845-7800 · AgriLifeExtension.tamu.edu