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Displaying 3401 - 3500 of 5768Information for Missouri landowners on ways to improve their agricultural property for better recreation, aesthetics and profitability.
Go here for expert tips on attracting wildlife ranging from backyard birds to turkeys to your property.
An MDC site that provides instruction to help landowners reach their habitat practices and wildlife and habitat management goals.
Find MDC answers to common questions about quail on this site.
Adding native warm-season grasses to pasture systems has resulted in increased gains on yearling cattle and improved performance of cow-calf herds during the summer when cool-season grasses (fescue, bluegrass) stop growing.
Many species of wildlife use grasslands for food, cover, and nesting.
Through ARPA funding, the State of Missouri is dedicating more than $320 million to spur economic growth, strengthen communities, and support small businesses.
The Department of Health and Senior Services serves the citizens of Missouri by working to improve the health and quality of life for Missourians of all ages.
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services provides several resources for health care professional on responding to COVID-19.
Click on map to find a soil evaluator serving your county
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources helps Missouri citizens thrive by balancing a healthy environment with a healthy economy.
Federal and state regulations related to animal feed operations (AFOs) and concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and Missouri's permit application process.
Find maps, publications, fact sheets and an array of other animal feeding operation information housed by Missouri's natural resources department at this site.
MoDNR information designed to help residents whose homes and communities have been affected by floods or other severe weather and natural disasters.
Missouri DNR portal for reporting major water use.
The Missouri Division of Workforce Development provides various workforce development and employment related programs, products, and services for businesses and job seekers.
Each year, by July 1, community water supplies are required to make Consumer Confidence Reports available to their customers. These reports enable Missourians to make knowledgeable decisions about their health and their environment.
Causing or allowing open dumping is illegal and may result in substantial penalties. Report open dumping to your local authorities. They can enforce any local laws and ordinances that prohibit open dumping.
Fiscal and Accounting - Taxes. Missouri Department of Revenue webpage for reporting miscellaneous income. Includes Mo form 99-Misc, and Mo form 96.
In partnership with communities across the state, Missouri EATs helps connect local stakeholders to build
and strengthen their community’s food system. Review flyer for more information about this community development process.
MERIC is the research division for the Missouri Department of Economic Development.
This brief is the first in a series to explore economic indicators and impacts associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
This brief discusses unemployment claims in the United States and Missouri and highlights industries initially impacted by COVID-19.
This brief discusses changes in revenue for various industries in Missouri, and highlights the meat processing industry which has seen disruptions due to COVID-19.
This brief discusses statewide unemployment claims due to COVID-19 and highlights county level impacts. Statewide, 12 percent of Missouri’s labor force filed unemployment claims between 3/15 and 4/18 due to COVID-19.
Personal consumption expenditures account for almost 70% of the U.S. economy, and as a result consumer spending patterns drive job creation and household income.
By the mid-May 2020, most consumer-focused Missouri businesses (77%) were open, compared to 58% of Missouri businesses operating in mid-April. Being open for business does not mean revenues are back to pre-COVID levels.
Nearly 25% of U.S. employees occasionally worked from home prior to COVID-19, and only 15% had dedicated telework days.
Relative to the U.S. average, consumer spending in Missouri has more quickly returned to January 2020 levels.
Self-employment becomes more important during periods of economic uncertainty.
Most small Missouri businesses (83%) were open in early July, based on credit card transaction data from womply.com. This is slightly more than the 80% U.S. average.
Older business owners and workers play an increasingly important role in our economy. Nationally they represent one in three business owners and start 25% of all new firms.
Consumer spending began declining in mid-March before Missouri issued its stay-at-home order, suggesting safety perceptions and not business closures were driving consumer behavior.
Online job posting trends show new weekly postings declined sharply in late March. New job postings are rising, but they are not yet back to their pre-pandemic levels. For instance, in the week ending Sept.
Missouri small business revenue has begun to recover since COVID-related disruptions this spring, but how has overall firm financial health changed? Business cash on hand is one measure to watch from the weekly U.S.
In the first 40 weeks of 2020, Missouri had 5.9% more applications filed to start new businesses likely to hire paid employees than it had in 2019’s first 40 weeks, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Many businesses are considering new ways to increase sales as COVID-related impacts reduce revenue.
Missouri households started to increase their spending faster than the average U.S. household beginning in early April. Household spending has continued to be more robust in the state than the broader U.S. throughout the summer.
The share of open Missouri small businesses has averaged 79% in recent months, but heightened COVID-19 concerns in November may be causing some firms to close again.
Missouri’s unemployment rate has declined to a pandemic-era low 4.6%, but the effects of the pandemic on Missouri’s workforce are not being felt equally across the state.
In 2019, Missouri had a $328.4 billion economy, the nation’s 22nd largest. GDP growth within Missouri is uneven, but the state’s largest metro areas drive its economy.
A recent U.S. Census survey showed that 27% of Missouri small businesses expect to need financial assistance in the next six months, driven largely by COVID-related economic disruptions.
For the week ending Jan. 3, 2021, Missouri household spending was 4% less than in January 2020. Despite lower household spending, Missouri consumers are re-entering stores at a more similar rate to last year than the U.S. average.
Migration is an important regional dynamic, as in-migrants represent new customers for businesses, new taxpayers for municipalities and new workers for local employers. This brief examine Missouri’s overall migration trends.
Relative to 2019, Missouri had 10.6% more applications filed in 2020 to start new businesses that would likely hire paid employees, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
The number of Missourians receiving unemployment benefits spiked in April 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic shook the economy. Since then, it has steadily declined.
Missouri nonmetro residents have less access to primary care physicians than their metro counterparts. In 2018, metro areas contained 30 more primary care physicians per 100,000 people than nonmetro areas.
In 2020, Missouri had 841 food and beverage manufacturers that employed nearly 47,500 workers. It ranked 13th among all states for employment in these businesses.
A recent U.S. Census survey showed that 24% of Missouri small businesses have increased their use of online platforms since the pandemic began.
Teenagers fill many restaurant and summer hospitality jobs, but downward trends in the number and participation of younger workers is adding to staffing challenges.
In 2019 U.S. broadband adoption was 30 percentage points or more below broadband availability levels in urban and rural counties.
Transfer payments accounted for 19.3% of personal income in Missouri in 2019. The majority came through two programs: Social Security and Medicare.
Nearly half (49%) of Missouri small businesses experienced supply chain challenges in July 2021. Occurrences of disruptions have increased.
Despite the pandemic, Missouri payroll business applications have grown and by late August were 27% higher than 2020 levels.
The successful journey of consumer goods from factory to doorstep hinges on the strength of the transportation network and the logistics industry.
According to the 2020 Census, Missouri is home to 6,154,913 residents, making it the nation’s 19th largest state. Between 2010 and 2020, Missouri grew by 2.8%, a rate similar to neighboring states, but about half of the U.S.
In August 2021, Missouri had an estimated 207,000 job openings and 123,0000 unemployed persons looking for work. For every 10 job openings, six job-seekers were available — a 0.6 ratio – suggesting a tight labor market.
Missouri’s more than 140 animal processing firms — businesses with payroll employment — supported nearly 17,500 jobs in early 2021. In Missouri, animal processing employment is 1.7 times more concentrated than the U.S. average.
In spite of increased talk about the growth of remote work, most Missourians still work on-site.
In 2020, Missouri had a $329.4 billion economy, the nation’s 22nd largest. Missouri's gross domestic product shrank slower than the U.S. Between 2019 and 2020, Missouri’s real gross domestic product declined 2.8%, and the U.S.
The pandemic has taken its toll on employment, but some Missouri sectors continued to gain jobs from 2019 to 2021.
Over 61,000 students graduated from Missouri high schools in 2020. 36% of 2020 graduates elected to pursue post-secondary education at a 4-year institution, while approximately 25% of 2020 graduates went directly into the workforce.
Commuting data analysis from the past two decades show that in 2019, over half of Missouri commuters left their home county for work, compared to 4 in 10 Missouri out-commuters in 2002.
The greatest pandemic-related job losses in the health care and social assistance sector have occurred in nursing and residential care facilities. In January 2022, these facilities had 13.9% fewer jobs than they did two years prior.
Missouri wood product and paper product manufacturers account for almost 6% of the state’s manufacturing jobs, similar to the U.S. average.
In the years leading up to 2020, Missouri and U.S. home values steadily rose at an annual rate of 5%, but over the past two years several factors have driven double-digit annual growth rates. The growth rate varies across the state.
Missouri is home to nearly 7,200 manufacturers that employ 274,000 people. Smaller firms (<100 employees) account for 92% of all Missouri manufacturers and 32% of the state’s manufacturing workforce.
Based on three-year cohorts from 2001-18, 69% of four-year degree-completers at Missouri’s public colleges and universities worked in the state one year after graduating.
Of all microbusiness owners, 40% are fully employed by their microbusinesses, but 36% have full- or part-time jobs elsewhere.
80% of young adults born between 1984 and 1992 migrated less than 100 miles from home.
On average, Missouri producers selling local foods reported $39,000 in annual 2020 sales.
Of Missourians who previously had COVID-19, 37.4% reported symptoms lasting three months or longer, compared with 33.2% of all Americans. Of working Missourians, 7.5% need paid sick leave, and 5.9% need paid family leave.
Renewable energy provided nearly 12% of Missouri’s electricity in 2021, exceeding 10% of the state’s electricity fuel mix for the first time.
Almost 25% of travelers identified outdoor recreation as one reason for visiting the state in fiscal year 2021.
In 2021, Missouri stood 22nd in the nation with a $359 billion economy. Following a 2.7% decline in 2020, Missouri’s real GDP increased 4.6% between 2020 and 2021.
There are roughly 4.5 available childcare slots for every 10 children under the age of 5 in Missouri.
Roughly 6.6 of every 100 jobs available in Missouri are considered inventive.
Missouri’s average 2022 electricity prices were 9.82 and 8.10 cents per kilowatt-hour for commercial and industrial customers, respectively. These rates were lower than the U.S. average for similar customers.
Creative industries employed nearly 109,000 Missourians in 2022, representing 3.4% of the state’s workforce.
Missouri had an overall gain in population between 2020-22 due to an increase in net migration. That migration offset a natural decrease in population - more deaths (12,915) than births – over that same time.
Missouri farms reported total agritourism sales of $15.6 million in 2017. Estimating an average agritourism income of nearly $24,000 per operation, Missouri ranked 4th among border states.
A significant number of Missourians lack access to fresh fruits and vegetables – approximately 88% eat fewer than five servings a day.
In 2021, adult women accounted for 51% of Missouri’s population but only 26% of the state’s legislative body.
In 2023, most Missouri households had an internet subscription (87%), while less than one-tenth either did not have internet service or didn’t know if it was available (9%).
Health-medical, retail and sports microbusinesses are top revenue drivers for Missouri counties.
Most industry wage growth falls short of inflation.
With nearly 18,000 registered EVs, Missouri ranks 25th with just under half of one percent of the nation’s total EVs.
Missourians commute fewer miles than the average American, but the industry and location of work influence those distances.
In Missouri and across the nation, business applications have soared recently due to the pandemic-led economic disruptions of 2020.