Urban Agriculture

The Urban Agriculture program aims to equip urban farmers, agribusinesses and individuals interested in agriculture with resources and information to start or expand their enterprise.

The Urban Agriculture team works with producers and partners to offer business planning assistance, farm management resources, production information and decision-making tools.

Vegetables at a market

View planning budgets for a variety of specialty crops

small agricultural business products

Learn how to capitalize on your small acreage and key considerations for marketing, assets and profitability

Agricultural goods

Seek free technical assistance from the Missouri Agriculture, Food and Forestry Innovation Center

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Intel for Ag app on a phone
Intel for Ag

Intel for Ag features six online decision-support tools, which help producers understand the production, marketing and management skills and resources required to start and succeed with certain agricultural enterprises. Explore land suitability, local markets, management capacity, business start-up steps and curated resources for different enterprises.

Specialty Crops Insight Board

Use this dashboard to explore revenue assumptions for specialty crop products. Refer to the wholesale and retail prices reported by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service to approximate a competitive price for your specialty crop products. When estimating the number of units your farm could produce, review the yield estimates to gauge production potential.

VIEW THE DASHBOARD

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AgSite Assessment Tool
Generate a free report on your land. Assessments help agriculturalists explore new production alternatives, learn more about land before purchases, and support lending and real estate appraisal activities.

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