(University Park) -- The 19 percent cut in state funding to Penn State means less money for a program that helps farmers throughout the commonwealth. It’s true that Penn State enacted tuition hikes, but none of those dollars will go to the Cooperative Extension offices. Every county has an office that sends people farmside, armed with the latest in agricultural research and best farm management practices. Chuck Gill, with the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, says the Extension offices advise farmers on everything from minimizing water pollution to dealing with stinkbugs, which cause millions of dollars in crop damage. "There needs to be research to figure out how to manage this pest so that the growers don’t lose their crops, possibly go out of business because of the damage caused by that pest," he says. "So, this is the kind of issue that we address in the college by our research and by extension." Gill says state budget cuts will probably mean the elimination of about 75 Ag Sciences jobs. It’s not yet clear how the Extension offices will be affected by that. In the past, employees have seen their region extend from one county’s borders to include a county cluster.