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.
5 Steps to Buying Meat Direct From the Farm
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If you are interested in buying meat from a local farmer, in quarters or halves, review these five considerations: how much meat your family can consume and what cuts to buy, sourcing an animal, finding a local meat processor, costs, and timing.
Days Suitable for Fieldwork in Missouri
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Learn the number of days Missouri farms have available per week—due to weather and soil conditions—for tillage, planting, chemical application and harvest activities.
Missouri Farm Labor Guide
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Learn good human resource practices related to employee recruitment, hiring, onboarding, training and termination that your farm or agribusiness can use.
Using NRCS Technical and Financial Assistance for Agroforestry and Woody Crop Establishment Through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
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Learn how to access EQIP technical and financial assistance for alley cropping, multistory cropping, riparian buffer, silvopasture and windbreak practices.
Missouri Farm Tax Record: Part 1, Cash Paid-Cash Received
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Farmers can use this simple Missouri farm tax recordkeeping system if they track yearly income and expenses for their agricultural operations on a cash basis.
Distributed Energy Resources: A Primer for Missouri Farmers
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Major changes are occurring in how electricity is generated, distributed and used. Learn about this transition from centralized energy generation towards distributed energy generation and the potential impacts it will have for rural landowners.
Landowners’ Guide to Lease Hunting in Missouri
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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.
Cash Rental Rates in Missouri
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Learn about trends in cash rental rates for Missouri cropland, pastureland, grain bins, farm buildings and fee hunting based on survey responses from 112 MIssourians.
Solving Wildlife Damage Problems in Missouri
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Learn 10 methods that can prevent or reduce damage that wildlife can cause on your property, and see the components of a wildlife damage management program.
Pesticide Laws and Regulations
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Learn about federal and Missouri pesticide rules, and see the steps to take to become a pesticide applicator and keep good records of when you use pesticides.
Routine Animal Mortality Management Options in Missouri
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Law requires that the body of an animal be disposed within 24 hours after death. Learn how to acceptably transport and dispose of animal carcasses.
Succession Planning for Woodland Owners
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Learn how to transition a family-owned forest to the next generation by assembling a succession team, using estate planning tools and outlining tasks for forest owners.
Harnessing Social Media to Build Your Business
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Find tips to make your own social media plan — everything from setting goals and choosing the right platforms to building an audience and planning content.
Understanding Casualty Loss of Timber
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See how adjusted basis and fair market value affect how to account for losing timber to fires, storms, floods, vandalism or other events in your tax return.
Starting and Operating a Farmers Market: Frequently Asked Questions
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Learn what makes a farmers market successful and feasible. Get tips about how to start or improve a market to make local food available in your community.
Worker Protection Standard Overview
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Read about how the EPA’s Worker Protection Standard applies to agricultural pesticide use and what you as a farm employer must do to comply with the standard.
An Employer’s Guide to Worker Protection Standard Compliance
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Learn terms used in EPA’s Worker Protection Standard, and read about duties the standard outlines for agricultural employers, workers and pesticide handlers.
Animal Feeding Operations and Housing Values: Summary of Literature
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Learn what research says about how animal feeding operations affect nearby home prices. Beef, dairy, poultry and hogs may affect values differently.
Agriculture and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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Learn how many tons of greenhouse gas emissions U.S. crop and livestock farms emit. These estimates impact climate change and carbon sequestration policy.
Weather-Related Sales of Livestock
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Find out whether federal tax law allows farms to defer income earned after selling animals because of drought, flood or related weather conditions.
Agricultural Owners, Family Labor and the Worker Protection Standard
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Find out what the EPA’s Worker Protection Standard requires of family-owned agricultural establishments to keep your family safe from pesticide exposure.
Sampling Safely at Farmers Markets — Fact Sheet
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Read this to understand sampling regulations at farmers markets. Learn how to establish and estimate costs for handwash stations and washing and sanitizing stations.
An Introduction to Basis
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Discover how agricultural commodity basis applies to crops and livestock and affects your farm's production, forward pricing, hedging and storage decisions.
Selecting an Appropriate Pricing Strategy
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Learn how to price a product based on your cost and profit objectives, demand and competition. See five strategies used to price value-added agricultural products.
Safe Tractor Operation
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The purpose of this guide is to assist employers and employees in training for safe tractor operation. Farm employers should review this guide with anyone who operates a farm tractor.