University of Missouri Extension Farm Management Minute

In your pastures and hay fields, consider whether adding warm-season grasses can help you avoid a summer forage slump. Katie Neuner, field specialist, describes how you can plan for establishing warm-season species in this University of Missouri Extension Farm Management Minute.

Download MU Extension’s native warm-season grass planning budget at mizzou.us/MissouriAgBudgets.

To find local markets for your food and value-added farm products, access the Missouri Ag Intel Food Market Evaluation Tool. In this University of Missouri Extension Farm Management Minute, assistant professor Mallory Rahe explains how to create your own market report using the tool.

Access the Food Market Evaluation Tool at https://agintel.missouri.edu/local-food-market-evaluation-tool/#fmet.

Farms can use incentive pay as a tool to reward and retain their employees. In this MU Extension Farm Management Minute, agricultural economist Ryan Milhollin provides examples of incentive pay and shares tips you can use to make an incentive pay system successful.

For more farm labor information, go to https://extension.missouri.edu/publications/m199. 

If your crops have had poor germination, then you may wonder about replanting or taking the insurance indemnity. In this Farm Management Minute, agricultural economist Ray Massey provides insights to help you make replanting decisions.

Access spreadsheets to estimate the economic impacts of replanting corn and soybeans at https://extension.missouri.edu/publications/g4091.

June is Dairy Month, so celebrate by treating yourself to dairy products! In this MU Extension Farm Management Minute, agricultural economist Joe Horner highlights Missouri's dairy industry.

By scheduling three types of farm meetings, you can improve your operation's communication and productivity. In this University of Missouri Extension Farm Management Minute, field specialist Wesley Tucker explains the stakeholders to invite and how to conduct the three farm meetings.

Farm tenants can build good relationships with landowners by prioritizing communication. In this University of Missouri Extension Farm Management Minute, field specialist Karisha Devlin lays out four steps you can follow to communicate well with farmland owners.

As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, county engagement specialist Joni Harper introduces the Skills for Psychological Recovery for Farm Stress program in this MU Extension Farm Management Minute.

Knowing whether to own farm equipment or hire a custom operator to do a job often comes down to cost. Ray Massey, agricultural economist, explains Missouri custom rates and tools provided by the University of Missouri Extension in this Farm Management Minute.

If you’re raising hay as a crop to sell this year, then start thinking about your marketing plan now. Jason Morris, county engagement specialist, provides details on how to create a hay marketing plan in this MU Extension Farm Management Minute.