Iowa State University Extension and Outreach engages Iowans to build a #STRONGIOWA.
ISU Extension and Outreach serves all Iowans. We are educators, researchers, volunteers, and partners in Ames and throughout the state. We are Iowa’s 99 county campus and we are here for you.
We engage Iowans in solving today’s problems and preparing for a thriving future. For more than 120 years, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach has been carrying out the land grant mission, and enduring ideas from our history continue to guide us today. Watch the video to learn how the extension idea has spread across the state.
Learn more
- Read our mission, vision, core values, and strategic plan.
- See our 2022 ISU Extension and Outreach Annual Report.
- Learn about our programs in Agriculture and Natural Resources, Community and Economic Development, Human Sciences, and 4-H Youth Development.
- Review this timeline of events from our history (pdf).
- Call our hotlines.
Contact us
- Visit our 100 ISU Extension and Outreach county offices across the state.
- Contact your county extension council; 900 locally elected council members serve Iowa.
- Join 5,801 volunteers who partner with us.