Agriculture


Course locations

Central

Calloway County, Callaway County Extension Center

  • Dates
    Nov. 17, Dec. 1, 8, 15, Jan. 5, 19, 26, Feb. 2
  • Farm tours
    Dec. 5, Jan. 23, March to be determined
  • Contact
    Jim Jarman
    573-642-0755
    jarmanj@missouri.edu

East Central

St. Louis County, Schlafly Bottle Works

  • Dates
    Feb. 16, 23, March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 April 6, 13
  • Farm tours
    To be determined
  • Contact
    Dean Wilson
    636-797-5057
    wilsond@missouri.edu

Warren County, Warren County Extension Center

  • Dates
    Feb. 18, 25, March 5, 11, 18, 25, April 1, 8, 15
  • Farm tours
    To be determined
  • Contact
    Shelly Bush
    636-456-3344
    bushs@missouri.edu

Northeast

 

Northwest

St. Joseph

  • Dates
    To be determined
  • Contact
    Tom Fowler
    816-279-1691
    fowlert@missouri.edu

    Randa Doty at
    660-582-8101
    dotyr@missouri.edu

South Central

 

Southeast

Three locations to be determined

  • Dates
    January, February, March
  • Contact
    Van Ayers
    573-568-3344
    ayersv@missouri.edu

Southwest

Mount Vernon, Southwest Research Center

  • Dates
    To be determined
  • Contact
    Gordon Carriker
    417-581-3558
    carrikerg@missouri.edu

West Central

Lafayette County

  • Dates
    January, February, March
  • Contact
    Crystal Weber
    816-876-2790
    webercd@missouri.edu

Nevada

  • Dates
    To be determined
  • Contact
    Wayne Prewitt
    417-448-2560
    prewittw@missouri.edu

Grow your farm
Grow Your Farm

  • Have a creative farming idea?
  • Need practical guidance to help turn your farm into a profitable business?

If you answered yes to these questions, then the Grow Your Farm course is right for you. Grow Your Farm will help you translate your farming ideas into a successful business venture.

Course specifics

CowGrow Your Farm is designed for prospective farmers, beginners with some experience and seasoned farmers who want to make a "new beginning" with alternative farming methods. MU Extension specialists and experienced, innovative farmers teach the sessions.

Grow Your Farm meets 11 times over a 16- to 18-week time frame. Classes include eight seminars with three farm tours.


Course objectives

Information on production techniques is relatively easy to find and use, but what many landowners need is help to develop the farm as a profitable business. With this in mind, Grow Your Farm is designed to assist you, the producer, in creating and planning your farm as a business.

This course will help you:

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  • Identify and prioritize personal and family values and use them as the foundation for the farm mission statement and goals.
  • Learn how to "walk the farm" to assess the land and its facilities.
  • Learn to evaluate the feasibility of particular farm opportunities.
  • Understand the components of a business plan and create one of your own.
  • Understand financial aspects of a business plan and review popular tools to manage financial records.
  • Consider different types of agricultural marketing and draft a marketing plan.
  • Become familiar with a variety of legal issues that pertain to farming enterprises.
  • Network with other farmers.