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The Agricultural Business and Policy Extension program serves rural Missouri by helping farms, agribusinesses and communities understand their opportunities and challenges and to make informed decisions. The team is primarily focused on:

  • Helping farmers and agribusinesses with decision-making, financial management, taxes and risk mitigation;
  • Studying relevant industry and value-added agricultural issues;
  • Sharing how market fundamentals and trade policy may impact agricultural outlook;
  • Assessing diversification and new business opportunities for farms, businesses and commodity groups.

 

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Dairy Grazing: Dairy Career Paths

Publication date: May 1, 2020

This publication is one in a series about operating and managing a pasture-based dairy. Although these publications often refer to conditions in Missouri, many of the principles and concepts described may apply to operations throughout the United ...

Dairy Grazing: Economics of Pasture-Based Dairies

Publication date: May 1, 2020

This publication is one in a series about operating and managing a pasture-based dairy. Although these publications often refer to conditions in Missouri, many of the principles and concepts described may apply to operations throughout the United ...

Custom Rates for Farm Services in Missouri

Publication date: May 1, 2020

The rates reported in this guide summarize a statewide survey conducted online and by solicitations of University of Missouri Extension specialists in the winter of 2019–2020. We asked farmers, agribusiness firms and land improvement contractors to ...

Calculating the Value of Manure as a Fertilizer Source

Publication date: April 1, 2020

Manure has value on a field only if it offsets the need to purchase other nutrients or soil amendments. The worksheet on page 2 allows users to calculate the fertilizer value of the manure for a specific field. Assemble the information specified in ...

Value Chains for the Missouri Industrial Hemp Industry

Publication date: Dec. 1, 2019

This report is a guide for entrepreneurs to understand the value chains and business opportunities in offering fiber, grain and cannabinoids. It presents the value chain of growing industrial hemp for cannabidiol (CBD), grain or fiber, and discusses ...

Missouri Industrial Hemp Production

Publication date: Dec. 1, 2019

This report is a producer’s guide to regulation, agronomics, and economics and risks in producing industrial hemp in Missouri. It begins with an overview of the hemp industry in Missouri. Then it delves into laws and regulations; agronomic ...

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