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  • Important update related to COVID-19

    • As Missouri COVID-19 restrictions ease, MU Extension is resuming some face-to-face operations. Faculty and staff are delivering programs and services in our community while striving to follow CDC guidelines to keep you and ourselves safe. Please follow any guidance posted on this page or at our office. In the meantime, many events will continue to be delivered online and our list of public COVID-19 resources continues to grow to address your needs.
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We bring Mizzou to you.

Through a network of county offices, the University of Missouri solves problems and engages with communities across all 114 counties and the City of St. Louis.

MU faculty, staff and elected council members, who live in your community, work with you to identify local interests and issues and then offer relevant programming and resources to meet the unique needs of you and your community.

Our job is to partner with communities to find solutions with credible, science-based information that will help you:

  • Grow safe and healthy food
  • Build and grow profitable businesses
  • Improve your health and relationships
  • Increase agricultural production
  • Update professional training in business, health and safety
  • Engage youth as valued, contributing citizens 

Explore the MU Extension website and your county page to discover how MU Extension can enhance your life.

Online courses

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The Beginning Gardener-Getting Started with Vegetables 2021

Feb. 27, 2021 - April 17, 2021

online $40.00

Thank you for enrolling in the The Beginning Gardener Series. This course is designed to give you just enough information to plant your first vegetable garden, without overwhelming you with too much detail. This is a self-paced course designed for ...

Creating a Legacy-Preparing Your Business for Succession

online $0.00

This self-paced course consisting of 3 modules, each less than 15 minutes long, will help the student understand the challenges of preparing to transition their business to a new owner when they decide it is time to leave. The transition process is ...

Using the Business Model Canvas

online $0.00

The Business Model Canvas enables the new or existing businesses to develop, test and refine a new business or product introduction idea before investing in the detailed planning. In use worldwide, the Canvas uses nine building blocks to create a ...

Closing Your Business

online $0.00

The purpose of course is strictly to provide information and knowledge. There are no prerequisite knowledge and competencies. If the time comes, for whatever reason, to close a business it requires more than just locking the doors and walking away. ...

Grow Your Bottom Line through Global Sales

online $0.00

A self-paced course of less than 15 minutes demonstrating global sales opportunities for businesses of any size. With 95% of potential customers living outside of the United States, exporting offers the potential to grow your bottom line. Exporting ...

2021-02 Critical Care

Feb. 18, 2021 - April 26, 2021

blended $2,000.00

The CCP course is designed to prepare paramedics to provide advanced critical care during ground and air transport of critically ill or injured patients. Knowledge gained during this course will provide instruction and understanding of care beyond ...

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MU Extension in Bates County
1 N. Delaware, Courthouse
Butler, MO 64730

Phone:
660-679-4167

Fax:
660-679-4697

Contact Us

Office hours:

Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (closed during lunch hour)

Description:

Enter at the southeast corner of the courthouse by the MU Extension sign. Parking is available on the square.