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county agent
noun
: a consultant employed jointly by federal and state governments to provide information about agriculture and home economics
Examples of county agent in a Sentence
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His first job as county agent in rural Wyoming was helping ranchers build earthen dams to secure water for their livestock.
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Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2023
Landon Burns called a group of interested citizens to meet with him at the county agent’s office.
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Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2023
Colin Massey, the current county agent working with the MG program did an outstanding job organizing the technical side and engaging with everyone.
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Janet Carson, Arkansas Online, 11 Apr. 2021
And what are some of the things a county agent does?
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Robin Tribble, Popular Mechanics, 10 Dec. 2018
My own granddaddy was a county agent, and several of his brothers taught agriculture at universities with one being a specialist in irrigation.
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Leslie Anne Tarabella, AL.com, 13 Feb. 2018
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Word History
First Known Use
1705, in the meaning defined above
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“County agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/county%20agent. Accessed 22 Aug. 2024.
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county agent
noun
: a government agent employed to provide information about agriculture and home economics in rural areas
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