06/01/2026
Jake Tibbitts has supported Nevada agriculture throughout his career, both through his position as the natural resources manager for Eureka County, Nevada, and his volunteer service, representing University of Nevada, Reno with the national Council for Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching.
Learn more Jake and his service in this Q&A!
Q: How does funding for research, education and Extension help your community?
A: I live in a very rural area, and my community’s long-term socioeconomic stability is reliant on natural resources use, primarily farming and ranching. We are also water limited.
Sustainable and modern farming and ranching research developed by our ag Experiment Station and disseminated through Extension, including irrigation water-use efficiency, w**d control and nutrient management, has been a major component of keeping our farms and ranches in operation.
Many of our farmers and ranchers, including many of their sons and daughters, were educated through the land-grant system and have returned to run the family operations.
Further, the efforts by the University to promote and deliver rural economic development has had real impact here.
https://agisamerica.org/the-spirit-of-service-jake-tibbitts-caret-delegate-for-university-of-nevada-reno-caret-national-chair
Video description: Scenes from Nevada farms and ranches, including ours, overlaid with text of Jake’s Q&A (above) and accompanied by the song Merry Farm by Roman Kostiuk.
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