Learn about different cover crop seeding machines and their operational features. Understand their strengths and weaknesses to reduce planting costs, the second largest expense in growing cover crops.
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Learn how farms can market local food directly to consumers by building relationships with buyers, discovering customer needs, providing quality service.
Learn how to place a short hedge in the futures market to lock in a price when selling a farm product or commodity that will be delivered in the future.
Learn how to place an output (short) hedge in the options market to reduce price risk when selling a product or commodity produced by your farm or business.
Learn why business planning around marketing, assets and profitability is important for launching a successful small acreage enterprise. Be sure to envision your goals as you consider enterprises.
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.
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing corn on southeast Missouri farms.
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing cotton on southeast Missouri farms.
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing peanuts on southeast Missouri farms.
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing rice on southeast Missouri farms.
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when double-cropping soybeans on southeast Missouri farms.
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing soybeans on southeast Missouri farms.
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing wheat on southeast Missouri farms.
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing double-crop soybeans after wheat in Missouri.
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing soybeans in Missouri under dryland conditions.
Use this enterprise budget to estimate the on-farm costs and returns from growing spinach in a high tunnel in Missouri.
Use this enterprise budget to estimate the on-farm costs and returns from growing strawberries in a high tunnel in Missouri.
Use this enterprise budget to estimate the on-farm costs and returns from growing sweet corn in Missouri.
Use operating, business and family council meetings to build a culture of communication and inclusive decision-making in your family business.
Use this enterprise budget as a guide to estimate costs and returns for producing high tunnel tomatoes in Missouri.
2025 US seafood consumer demand survey finds headwinds for midwestern aquaculture producers marketing food fish.
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing winter wheat on Missouri farms.