Research, extension and industry institutions · agency, project or public body
UF/IFAS Extension in the Heartland counties
the county agents
- Founded
- 1914
- Evidence class
- publicly verified operating
- Place
- county offices across the six counties
- District
- Okeechobee
- Status as of 12 September 2026
- Operating; every Heartland county maintains an extension office.
- Connections
- 3 edges, 3 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.028 (rank 47 of 243) · location and lineage only 0.000 (rank 188) · outside share 0.33
- Confidence
- High · sources: [SFYL] (register)
The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 creates the Cooperative Extension System; the county offices carry station research to the region's ranches, groves and muck farms [SFYL].
Connections
Support
- supportedOkeechobeethe county extension office1914 framework to present
Collaboration
- collaborationUF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Centerextension carries the station's research to the region's ranchesongoing
- collaborationFlorida Blueberry Growers Associationthe Hardee County grower meeting at the county extension office2023