MU Extension

MU Extension provides resources, programs, events, and online courses for Missourians. Through the innovations and ideals of the University of Missouri, MU Extension improves lives, businesses and communities by focusing on solving Missouri’s grand challenges around agricultural growth and stewardship, economic opportunity, educational access, and health and well-being.

Missouri Livestock Market Watch

The Missouri Livestock Market Watch is a hub for economic information that can help Missouri livestock producers and other stakeholders evaluate trends in prices and margins for cattle and swine, two of the state’s top livestock commodities. Understanding trends and historical patterns of prices and margins can aid in risk management strategy development for producers.

Crop Cover Economic Decision Support Tool

The Cover Crop Economic Decision Support Tool (DST) helps users better understand the impact of incorporating cover crop species or mixtures into their farm. Both the decision of which cover crop species to use and the resulting economic impact are very specific to individual operations. The DST will help you understand individualized conditions and management decisions.

Missouri Economy Indicators: Trends in Microbusiness

The “Missouri Economy Indicators: Trends in Microbusiness” dashboard utilizes GoDaddy’s Venture Forward data (August 2019 – December 2023) to analyze microbusiness density across U.S. states, counties and metro/nonmetro areas. It assists policymakers, economic developers, and local authorities in making data-driven decisions to bolster entrepreneurial ecosystems, optimize resource allocation, support strategic planning, and foster economic growth.

Missouri Economy Indicators: Housing Building Permits

The “Missouri Economy Indicators: Housing Building Permits” Dashboard presents housing construction trends based on building permit data for Missouri counties and U.S. states from 2012 to 2023, using U.S. Census data from the Building Permits Survey (BPS). Sample data includes the number and value of single-family and multi-family units. The dashboard allows users to see how Missouri counties rank relative to one another across various topics, considering their classification as metro or non-metro areas. The dashboard offers a comprehensive overview of housing construction trends, helping stakeholders understand regional construction dynamics and is useful for policymakers, real estate developers, urban planners, and researchers who need detailed insights into housing construction patterns and trends across Missouri and the U.S.

Missouri Economy Indicators: Migration Trends

The “Missouri Economy Indicators: Migration Trends” Dashboard details the ebb and flow of migration trends across Missouri using data sourced from the IRS for 2012-2022. It provides county-level migration flow data and state-level insights into household income, age groups, and adjusted gross income (AGI), complemented by interactive maps showcasing interstate migration trends. This dashboard is an essential analytical tool for understanding Missouri’s shifting economic and demographic landscape.

Grazing Wedge

The Grazing Wedge tool is designed to provide farmers with best practices for forage management, including strategies for forage optimization by measuring forage growth and rotation. The Grazing Wedge tool allows users to draw farm and paddock layouts, enter data, and visualize forage status. This is a collaborative project between CARES and Extension Technology & Computer Services (ETCS).

Show Me Food

Show Me Food facilitates the sharing of information for and about farmers and local food producers in the state of Missouri. Food-related businesses can register and be placed on the map. Businesses can promote specific products, purchasing options, days of operation, and accepted payment types as part of their public profile for consumers to find. Show Me Food was launched in response to the effects that COVID-19 caused to state, local, and national food supply chains and distribution systems, and was updated with a new design in September 2022. A central goal of Show Me Food is to help create a sustainable food system in Missouri.

Eating From the Garden

This Resource Map shows the locations and outcomes of Eating From the Garden programs. Eating From the Garden provides research-based information to high-needs youth in schools and community programs. With help from area partners and volunteers, the program promotes healthier food choices, gardening knowledge, and physical activity.