Ag safety and health

Little Roots, Big Harvest: Homesteading Together

Learn homesteading skills like gardening, making cleaning products, animal care and food preservation—blended with wellness, safety and sustainability—in-person and online.

Missouri AgrAbility

AgrAbility helps farmers with disabilities and their families succeed. The program provides practical education and on-the-farm assistance that promotes agricultural and rural independence.

Agriculture and the Occupational Safety and Health Act

Online

Private Pesticide Applicator Category 20 Required Core Training

Online

Private Pesticide Applicator Category 22 Supplemental Training: Non-Soil Fumigation

Online

Private Pesticide Applicator Category 23 Supplemental Training: Aerial Applicator

Pearls of Production returns Nov. 8

October 27, 2025

Harvest creates rural roadway hazards

October 13, 2025

Cellphones and rural roadways do not mix at harvest

October 13, 2025

Review biosecurity basics to keep your herd safe

July 25, 2025

Farm Management Minute: Mental Health Resources for Farmers

In this MU Extension Farm Management Minute segment, MU Extension specialist Joni Harper introduces the Skills for Psychological Recovery for Farm Stress program.

Managing Mental Health segment: Trainings Can Save Lives

In this Managing Mental Health segment (brief audio interviews that are a partnership with the Missouri Department of Mental Health and Brownfield Ag News), MU Extension Instructor Karen Funkenbusch shares tools and resources available to farmers and anyone in rural Missouri going through a tough time.

Managing Mental Health segment: Less Stressful Farm Transitions

In this Managing Mental Health segment (brief audio interviews that are a partnership with the Missouri Department of Mental Health and Brownfield Ag News), MU Extension field specialist in Agriculture Business and Policy Wesley Tucker shares tips on how to minimize stress when transitioning the farm.

Managing Mental Health segment: Loneliness

In this Managing Mental Health segment (brief audio interviews that are a partnership with the Missouri Department of Mental Health and Brownfield Ag News), MU Extension Instructor Karen Funkenbusch discusses the loneliness, isolation and lack of connection that can occur in rural Missouri.