Langston university's land-grant programs are committed to serving all citizens of oklahoma

The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Langston University $6.534 million in Formula Grant NI261444XXXXG005 on October 1, 2025, under the Extension Services at 1890 Colleges and Tuskegee University, West Virginia State College, and Central State University program (CFDA 10.512).

Langston University delivers cooperative extension and outreach initiatives across Oklahoma, disseminating scholarly, peer-reviewed, and stakeholder-driven research findings, demonstrations, and educational activities to Oklahoma citizens. Extension projects align with the Langston University and Oklahoma State University Joint Plan of Work and encompass two program areas: the 1890 Extension Program and the Sherman Lewis School of Agriculture and Applied Sciences (LU-SL/SAAS) Extension and Research Program. The 1890 Extension projects target small farmers and individuals with limited resources, enhancing economic well-being, health, and quality of life to increase competitiveness in niche markets and the broader global marketplace. The LU-SL/SAAS Extension and Research programs generate short-term positive impact by enhancing research in food, agriculture, and consumer issues, identifying solutions to current and emerging agricultural challenges at local, state, national, and international levels, improving farming methods, developing new products, and enhancing quality of life in both rural and urban areas.

The award period runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030, with performance located in Langston, Oklahoma. Agricultural Extension funds may be carried over for up to four years after the end of the fiscal year of appropriation, up to one hundred percent of the obligated amount.

These programs and delivery methods also support small farmers and individuals with limited resources. Langston university cooperative extension and outreach initiatives are designed to serve as conduits for disseminating scholarly, peer-reviewed, and stakeholder-driven research findings, demonstrations, and educational activities to the citizens of oklahoma. All LU 1890 extension projects are aligned with the langston university and oklahoma state university joint plan of work (POW), which encompasses objectives, anticipated outcomes, and potential impacts. Projected outcomes and results encompass deliverables that enhance the economic well-being, health, and quality of life of oklahoma's citizens, thereby increasing their competitiveness as viable producers and consumers in niche markets and the broader global marketplace. LU-SL/saas extension program and related research and goals: lusl/ saas extension and research programs are designed to generate short-term positive impact for individuals and communities by enhancing and expanding research in the fields of food, agriculture, and consumer issues. Specifically, these programs aim to identify, develop solutions, and create an impact on current and emergin G agricultural and related challenges at various levels, including local, state, national, and international levels. This includes improving farming methods, developing new products, and enhancing the quality of life and well-being of people and communities in both rural and urban areas. The extension program achieves these objectives by focusing on the extension project areas that are distinct yet interconnected in unique ways. Due to the distinctive tripartite mission of land-grant universities, all extension projects are intricately linked to LU-SL/saas research programs. The extension projects and clusters are as follows: activities: extension projects 1890 extension – federal and state match extension administration, extension youth and 4-H youth development, extension horticulture, including precision farming, extension goat and sheep production and management, extension aquaculture, extension agribusiness and economic development extension communications, extension community nutrition (family and consumer sciences) extension value added product development, extension soils, and ecological resilience