BC Extension Office praises volunteer efforts over past year

Volunteers with the Baxter County Cooperative Extension Service contributed nearly 11,800 hours of service valued at more than $426,000 in 2026, according to an annual report presented to the Baxter County Quorum Court on Monday, Nov. 2. Extension Staff Chair and 4-H Agent Amanda Rychtarik highlighted the agency’s accomplishments, focusing on its youth development, family and consumer sciences, agriculture and community education programs, as well as more than $24.3 million in government contracting opportunities secured by Baxter County businesses through the APEX Accelerator program. The extension office is currently one of the best kept secrets,” Rychtarik told justices of the peace. “We don’t want to be the best kept secret any longer.” Operating as the local arm of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, the Extension Service provides research-based education and technical assistance to agricultural producers, families, youth and businesses.

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