Who We Are
Welcome to UF/IFAS Sumter County Extension. Sumter County Extension is a federal, state and local partnership that provides research-based information from the University of Florida to the citizens of Sumter County. Our county government generously supplies us with a place to work and the funding to carry out our programs, which are mostly free to the public.
The Cooperative Extension Service is nationwide and was established by the Smith-Lever Act of 1914. It is a partnership between state land grant universities, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the county governments throughout the nation. All of these groups share in the planning, financing, and operation of extension programs. In Florida, the Cooperative Extension Service is administered by the University of Florida.
We specialize in the following:
- Florida Master Naturalist
- Home Garden
- Family and Consumer Sciences
- 4-H Youth Development
- Livestock
- Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems
Contact
Jim Davis
Multi County Extension Director
Phone (352) 569-6867
Fax (352) 569-6861
sumter@ifas.ufl.edu
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Physical Address
7620 SR 471, Ste. 2
Bushnell, Fl 33513-8716
Mailing Address
7620 SR 471, Ste. 2
Bushnell, Fl 33513-8716
Hours
Monday-Friday
8:00am – 5pm
Lisa Sanderson
Residential Horticulture Extension Agent II, Master Gardener Coordinator
(352) 569-6867
Matt Smith
Multi-County Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Agent
(352) 569-6872
LuAnn Duncan
Family & Consumer Sciences Agent II
(352) 569-6871
Norma Samuel
FFL/Urban Horticulturee Agent IV
(352) 689-4671
Laura Bennett
Multi-County Livestock Agent I
(352) 523-5023
(352) 523-1921 Fax
DarLinda B. Duteau
Administrative Specialist I
(352) 569-6865
Donna Lester
Program Assistant
(352) 569-6864
Dakota Treffeisen
4-H Program Assistant
(352) 569-6863