Established in 1914, Cooperative Extension is a national educational network designed to extend technical expertise and research findings to help people improve their homes, families, farms, businesses and communities.  Today it is the largest, most successful informal educational organization in the world.

Short for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, K-State Research and Extension employs approximately 300 research scientists, 180 faculty specialists and program leaders, 270 county and area specialists and 400 support staff in 23 different departments from 5 different colleges.  Personnel are located at the main campus,  in 105 county offices, 9 experiment fields, 5 area offices, 3 research centers and 3 research-extension centers.