Agricultural business and policy

Planning budgets

Information useful to farmers planning production, financing and marketing of crops or livestock using cost estimates based on Missouri production practices.

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Century farms

Landowners with farms that have been in the family for 100 years or more can obtain special recognition.

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Mid-MO Expo: Small Farms to Backyard Gardens

Event date: Feb. 27, 2021 - March 20, 2021

Are you interested in nature, natural resources, gardening, or just the great outdoors? The annual Mid-MO Expo provides short workshops on issues of local interest, presented by experts in the field. The event is organized by the Boone County ...

2021 Selling Local Foods in Missouri Series

Event date: March 2, 2021 - March 23, 2021

The 2021 Selling Local Food in Missouri Series will feature four distinct classes (or sessions) providing producers with information on how to sell their food and agriculture products in Missouri. Sessions will feature speakers from the Missouri ...

Missouri's Complex Fence Law - Owensville

Event date: March 8, 2021

Event time: | 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Owensville, MO

Missouri continues to have a very complicated fence law, in large part due to the fact that 2 separate laws cover the state depending on the county that your land is in. If you own land you really need to know the law and how it impacts you whether ...

Missouri's Complex Fence Law - Sedalia

Event date: March 8, 2021

Event time: | 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Sedalia, MO

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Spring Show-Me-Select Heifer sales set

Published: Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Spring 2021 Show-Me-Select sale dates are set, says Erin Larimore, coordinator of the University of Missouri Extension program.The sales give beef herd owners from across the nation the opportunity to bid on top replacement heifers. ...

Online workshops set for fruit, vegetable growers

Published: Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Missouri fruit and vegetable growers can enroll in upcoming no-cost or low-cost online produce safety training.Webinar topics include creating a food safety plan for USDA Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) certification, Food ...

MU Extension hosts March webinar series on selling local food

Published: Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021

COLUMBIA, Mo.– Producers selling local foods can learn about best practices, state regulations and available resources at a four-part online series in March presented by University of Missouri Extension.“This series will help farmers and other ...

New pesticide guide for hemp available

Published: Friday, Jan. 8, 2021

COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension recently released a list of pesticides approved for industrial hemp production in Missouri.In Missouri, hemp producers are allowed to use pesticides approved by the Environmental Protection Agency ...

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Missouri Fencing and Boundary Laws

Publication date: Feb. 1, 2021

Figure 1. It is important for landowners to understand fence and boundary law to avoid conflict with neighbors and legal issues.Fencing duties and boundary locations have been the subject of arguments between neighbors for centuries. This publication ...

An Introduction to Basis

Publication date: Feb. 2, 2021

Commodity basis provides a significant amount of information to agricultural producers and agribusinesses for making production, forward pricing, hedging and storage decisions. Basis tends to follow historical and seasonal patterns, and by ...

Safe Tractor Operation

Publication date: Feb. 1, 2021

Work-related injuries caused 416 farmer and farm worker deaths in 2017, resulting in a fatality rate of 20.4 deaths per 100,000 farm workers. The National Agricultural Tractor Safety Initiative reports that tractors cause about 50% of all farm worker ...

Farmland Values for Missouri Counties

Publication date: Jan. 1, 2021

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA/NASS) collects information on the market value of agricultural land and buildings through two different procedures: the Census of Agriculture conducted every four ...

Selling Strategies for Local Food Producers

Publication date: Jan. 1, 2021

Figure 1. Fresh, local produce sold at a farmers market.Bill McKelveyProject Coordinator, Division of Applied Social SciencesMary HendricksonAssociate Professor, Division of Applied Social SciencesAlice RoachSenior Research Associate, Division of ...

Missouri Farm Land Values Opinion Survey

Publication date: Jan. 1, 2021

A web-based survey was conducted in September 2020 to determine what people think has been happening to farmland values in Missouri. The survey was sent to persons we expected to have insight on land values. Ag lenders, rural appraisers and farmers ...

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Soil testing information (PDF)

Information on submitting soil samples to the MU Soil Testing Laboratory for testing.

Missouri Department of Natural Resources Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

Find maps, publications, fact sheets and an array of other animal feeding operation information housed by Missouri's natural resources department at this site.

Missouri Backgrounding Cattle Budget (XLS)

Producers can use to estimate costs and returns for backgrounding cattle on a per head and per group basis. Additionally, a calculator can help estimate yardage cost for an operation.

Safety in Agriculture webinar series focused on women producers

Free AgriSafe webinars on topics important to staying safe and healthy while working on farms.

CAFNR - College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

Through research and scholarly endeavors, CAFNR strives to discover and disseminate new knowledge, scientific information and innovations through formal and nonformal educational programs.

AgSite Assessment Tool

Use this web-based tool to generate a report describing the physical, demographic and environmental characteristics of a selected land parcel and its surroundings.

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Beef Extension

Comprehensive resources for the Missouri beef industry

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education

SARE promotes research and education to help farmers and ranchers adopt sustainable practices that are profitable, environmentally sound and beneficial to local communities and society.