Iowa Code § 176A.2: Declaration of policy.

It is the policy of the legislature to provide for aid in disseminating among the people of Iowa useful and practical information on subjects relating to agriculture, home economics, and community and economic development, and to encourage the application of the information in the counties of the state through extension work to be carried on in cooperation with Iowa state university of science and technology and the United States department of agriculture as provided in the Act of Congress known as the Smith-Lever Act, adopted May 8, 1914, as amended, 38 Stat. 372 – 374, codified at 7 U.S.C. §341 – 349.