Agricultural business and policy

MU Extension’s Agricultural Business and Policy programs help Missouri farmers, agribusinesses, and rural communities make sound, research-based decisions. These programs focus on improving profitability, understanding market trends, building policy awareness and strengthening the agricultural economy while maintaining responsible stewardship of resources. Through decision tools, workshops, consultations, and applied research, MU Extension helps producers, lenders and tax preparers understand risks, policy changes and develop risk management strategies.

Agriculture and environment

Programs

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Agricultural Business and Policy Extension

Agricultural Business and Policy Extension serves rural Missouri by helping farms, agribusinesses and communities understand their opportunities and challenges to make informed decisions.

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Precision Agriculture

Precision agriculture merges new technologies born of the information age with a mature agricultural industry. It is an integrated crop management system that attempts to match the kind and amount of inputs with actual crop needs for small areas within a farm field. This goal is not new, but newly available technologies allow the concept of precision agriculture to be realized in a practical production setting.