Agricultural business and policy

Agricultural Business and Policy Extension

Agricultural Business and Policy Extension serves rural Missouri by helping farms, agribusinesses and communities understand their opportunities and challenges to make informed decisions.

Growing Agribusiness Sustainably

The singular goal of Agriculture and Environment Extension at the University of Missouri is to double the value of Missouri agriculture by 2030 while sustaining the state’s natural resources. Learn about initiatives related to how it plans to grow agribusiness sustainably.

Precision Agriculture

Precision agriculture merges new technologies born of the information age with a mature agricultural industry. It is an integrated crop management system that attempts to match the kind and amount of inputs with actual crop needs for small areas within a farm field. This goal is not new, but newly available technologies allow the concept of precision agriculture to be realized in a practical production setting.

Elderberry Planning Budget

Southeast Missouri Peanut Planning Budget

Southeast Missouri Cotton Planning Budget

Southeast Missouri Rice Planning Budget

January 18, 2025

Backyard Poultry Workshop - Douglas County

January 21, 2025 - January 22, 2025

2025 Midwest Crops Conference

February 20, 2025

Unlocking Lending Opportunities in Missouri's Specialty Crop Industry

February 20, 2025

2025 Christian Co Livestock & Forage Conference

Online ag research: When more is less

December 12, 2024

Missouri has become a peanut powerhouse

December 5, 2024

MU Extension releases enterprise budgets for 2025

November 6, 2024

Is Missouri's farmland market cooling down?

October 23, 2024

Improvement Amortization Schedule for Leases (XLS)

Spreadsheet that helps owners and tenants in evaluating conservation provisions and repayments in a lease agreement.

Post-grain harvest residue valuation tool (XLSX)

After grain harvest, the stover and straw from the crop is in demand by various businesses. Use this tool to estimate the nutrient removal value contained in straw and stover.

Tools to Build Your Agritourism Business (PDF)

This toolkit can help you create or reassess your business path as you respond to customer demand, create value propositions and build a communications strategy.

2022 Farm Bill DecisionTool (XLSM)

Download and customize this Excel tool for your county and personal expectations of price and yield to see different scenarios before you elect to enroll your farm in Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) program with the Farm Service Agency before the March 15 deadline.