Extension's Decline?

Ronald D. Knutson and Joe Outlaw

Review of Agricultural Economics, 1994, vol. 16, issue 3, 465-475

Abstract: The perception that extension funding has materially declined is not borne out in aggregate U.S. funding data. However, many states experienced substantial reductions in real terms in 1992 and 1993. The pattern of reductions appears to be most extensive in the East, South, and West and in states dependent on extractive industries, although major agricultural states are not immune. In a time of tighter budgets, one might question the extension strategy of continually broadening its clientele. Extension may be better served by concentrating in areas of comparative advantage where experiment station research results serve as crucial input to extension programs in agriculture, forestry, and consumer/family sciences. County support is argued to be crucial to survival of the system.

Date: 1994
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