The following publications cover topics related to Agricultural Business and Policy Extension. For a complete list of MU Extension publications, visit the main Publications page.
Elderberry Planning Budget
New
Use this enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns for producing elderberries in Missouri.
Corn (Dryland) Planning Budget
Revised
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing corn in Missouri under dryland conditions.
Soybean (Dryland) Planning Budget
Revised
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing soybeans in Missouri under dryland conditions.
Corn (Irrigated) Planning Budget
Revised
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing corn in Missouri under irrigation.
Soybean (Double-Crop) Planning Budget
Revised
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing double-crop soybeans after wheat in Missouri.
Grain Sorghum Planning Budget
Revised
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing sorghum in Missouri.
Winter Wheat Planning Budget
Revised
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing winter wheat on Missouri farms.
Beef Heifer Planning Budget
Revised
Use this budget to estimate costs and returns for buying beef heifer calves and selling them as bred replacement heifers in Missouri.
Beef Backgrounding Planning Budget
Revised
Use this budget to estimate costs and returns for backgrounded steer calves in Missouri, and summarize detailed assumptions and feed requirements.
Yearling Beef Steer Feeding Planning Budget
Revised
Use this budget to estimate costs and returns for Missouri yearling beef steers bought in November and sold in April.
Hydroponic Leafy Greens Planning Budget
New
Use this enterprise budget as a guide to estimate the costs and returns for growing leafy greens hydroponically.
Corn Silage Planning Budget
Revised
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and revenues when growing corn silage on Missouri farms.
Alfalfa Baleage Planning Budget
Revised
Use this enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when producing alfalfa baleage as a forage crop on Missouri farms.
Alfalfa Small Bales Planning Budget
Revised
Use this enterprise budget to plan how to produce, finance and market alfalfa sold as small hay bales in Missouri. It links to the Missouri Forage Budget Generator spreadsheet.
Alfalfa Establishment Planning Budget
Revised
Use this enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when planting and establishing alfalfa as a forage crop in Missouri.
Cool Season Pasture Establishment Planning Budget
Revised
Use this enterprise budget to plan how to finance, establish and graze cool-season pastures on Missouri farms. It links to the Missouri Forage Budget Generator spreadsheet.
Mixed Grass Hay Planning Budget
Revised
Use this enterprise budget to plan how to produce, finance, graze and market fescue-clover hay on Missouri farms.
Fescue Seed and Forage Planning Budget
Revised
Use this budget to plan how to produce, finance, graze and market fescue on Missouri farms. It links to the Missouri Forage Budget Generator spreadsheet.
Feeder Pigs Planning Budget
Revised
Use this enterprise budget to estimate costs and returns for a Missouri swine operation raising feeder pigs, producing 22 pigs/sow/year and selling pigs at 40 pounds.
Farrow to Finish Swine Planning Budget
Revised
Use this swine enterprise budget to estimate costs and returns for a Missouri farrow-to-finish operation that produces 22 pigs/sow/year and sells hogs at 280 pounds.
Hog Finishing Planning Budget
Revised
Use this swine enterprise budget to estimate costs and returns for a Missouri hog finishing farm that buys 103 head of 40-pound pigs and sells 100 head of 280-pound hogs.
Native Warm-Season Grass Planning Budget
Revised
Use this enterprise budget to plan costs and returns for establishing and managing native warm-season grass forages for hay and pasture on Missouri farms.
Landowners’ Guide to Lease Hunting in Missouri
Revised
If you're leasing property for hunting, then learn about lease arrangement options, prices or rates to charge, liability, and how to write a contract.
Missouri Farmland Values Opinion Survey
Revised
Find Missouri cropland, pasture, timberland and hunting or recreation land values reported by surveyed agricultural lenders, rural appraisers and farmers.
Industrial Hemp for Fiber Planning Budget
Revised
Use this industrial hemp planning budget to make economic, agronomic and machinery decisions before planting hemp to harvest as a fiber crop in Missouri.