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Family and home education

Research-based programs and tips on housing, parenting, relationships, divorce, senior living and personal finance.

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Focus on Kids: Randolph County Parent Education Program (14th Circuit)

Jan. 18, 2022

| 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Moberly, MO

Focus on Kids is a workshop to help divorced and separated parents learn how to nurture and support their children through the divorce process and to help parents who are living apart develop ways to work together effectively as co-parents. Focus on ...

Focus on Kids: Macon County Parent Education Program (41st Circuit)

Jan. 19, 2022

| 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Macon, MO

Focus on Kids is a workshop to help divorced and separated parents learn how to nurture and support their children through the divorce process and to help parents who are living apart develop ways to work together effectively as co-parents. Focus on ...

Childcare Programs - Move More, Sit Less

Jan. 19, 2022

| 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Union, MO

Feel like you are taking root in that chair? Move More, Sit Less provides lots of new ideas for meeting the revised Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans and for keeping the children in your care active throughout the day. It also presents a new ...

Focus on Kids: Warren County Parent Education Program (12th Circuit)

Jan. 20, 2022

| 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Warrenton, MO

Focus on Kids is a workshop to help divorced and separated parents learn how to nurture and support their children through the divorce process and to help parents who are living apart develop ways to work together effectively as co-parents. Focus on ...

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Publications

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Succession Planning for Woodland Owners

Publication date: June 1, 2021

The U.S. is blessed with a diverse portfolio of natural resources. Not least among them is our vast timberland. About 42 percent of the nation’s forestlands are in private ownership. Mostly, these are family owned forests. The objectives of these ...

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 ...

Introduction to Hedging Agricultural Commodities With Options

Publication date: Dec. 1, 2020

Producers of agricultural commodities regularly face price and production risks. Furthermore, increased global free trade and changes in domestic agricultural policy have increased these risks. As the variability of price increases the variability of ...

Commodity Futures and Options Terminology

Publication date: Sept. 1, 2020

This guide provides basic definitions of commodity futures and options terminology. Although the terminology of trading agricultural commodities goes far beyond the scope of this guide, this information can be used to build a knowledge base from ...

Short Hedge Example With Options

Publication date: July 1, 2020

This guide describes how to place an output (short) hedge in the options market to reduce the price risk associated with selling an output produced in your business. A short hedge in the options market is referred to as the purchasing of a put ...

Long Hedge Example With Options

Publication date: July 1, 2020

This guide describes how to place an input (long) hedge in the options market to reduce the price risk associated with buying an input used in your business. A long hedge in the options market is accomplished by purchasing a call option. Futures are ...

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Featured programs

A Matter of Balance

Helps older adults reduce their fear of falling.

Focus on Kids

Program to help parents learn how to nurture, support and co-parent their children during and after divorce.

Healthy Homes

Helps participants ask important questions to learn if their homes have hidden health dangers from indoor pollutants.

Making Money Count for Clergy

Finance info and tools for clergy to use personally and professionally.

MoTax: Missouri Taxpayer Education Initiative

Students gaining real-world experience by providing free tax assistance to people with low or moderate incomes, those with disabilities, older adults and English-as-a-second-language taxpayers.

MU Family Impact Center

Brings University of Missouri programs to central Columbia to improve quality of life and provide for unmet needs.

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