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Marketing Maple Syrup in Missouri

Publication date: Oct. 1, 2023

Alan SpellAssistant Extension ProfessorLuke DietterleExtension SpecialistFigure 1. Survey respondents produced 480 gallons of syrup in 2022.An abundant supply of maple trees in the Midwest, particularly sugar maples, gives Missourians the opportunity ...

Encouraging Return Migration and Population Retention in Rural Communities

Publication date: Jan. 1, 2023

Mallory L. RaheAssociate Extension Professor, Division of Applied Social SciencesTaylorAnn WashburnProgram Coordinator, Division of Applied Social SciencesIn rural communities with low natural amenities, population decline has frustrated rural ...

How Broadband Adoption and Availability Impacted Rural Employment During COVID-19

Publication date: June 1, 2022

Catherine IsleyFormer Exceed Graduate Research AssistantZane NicholsExceed Undergraduate Communications AssistantSarah A. LowAssociate Professor of Regional Economics, MU Extension ExceedIn Missouri and across the U.S., an urban-rural “digital ...

Missouri Health Care Availability and Outcomes Differ Regionally

Publication date: Oct. 1, 2021

Maria KuhnsMissouri SBDC and former Exceed Graduate Research AssistantSarah A. LowAssociate Professor of Regional Economics, Division of Applied Social SciencesCommunities throughout the U.S. face challenges related to sustaining a health care ...

Broadband Technologies: A Primer on Access and Solutions

Publication date: June 1, 2021

Sarah A. LowExceed Director and Associate ProfessorCatherine IsleyExceed Graduate Research AssistantAlan SpellExceed Assistant Extension ProfessorMatt KuresCommunity Development Specialist, University of WisconsinTessa ConroyAssistant Professor, ...

Population Trends in Missouri and Its Regions

Publication date: May 1, 2021

Mark C. WhiteAssociate Extension Professor. Labor and Workforce DevelopmentExecutive summaryThe pace at which places gain or lose population can reveal much about their overall economic health. Growing populations often mean an expanding economy with ...

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