Formula funds refer to the Federal dollars distributed to the
land grant colleges of agriculture through formulas found in the
Hatch Act
The Hatch Act of 1939, An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, is a United States federal law. Its main provision prohibits civil service employees in the executive branch of the federal government, except the president and vice p ...
(7 U.S.C. 361a et seq.), the
Smith–Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 341 et seq.), the
McIntire–Stennis Act (16 U.S.C. 582a et seq.), and the
Evans–Allen Act (7 U.S.C. 3222) for (1) agricultural research at the state
agricultural experiment stations
An agricultural experiment station (AES) or agricultural research station (ARS) is a scientific research center that investigates difficulties and potential improvements to food production and agribusiness. Experiment station scientists work with f ...
, (2)
Extension Service library Extension service may refer to:
* Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), a USDA office
* Agricultural extension services, educational services offered to farmers and other growers
* Church extension service ...
programs, (3) forestry research at the land grant colleges of agriculture, and (4) research at the
1890 institutions, respectively.
References
{{CRS, article = Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition, url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110810044532/http://ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/05jun/97-905.pdf, author= Jasper Womach
United States Department of Agriculture