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Health Insurance Education: What the Affordable Care Act means for businesses

Publications Date: Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2016

$140.00

MU Extension state specialists developed this curriculum, and it has been vetted for accuracy and neutrality by MU Extension Communications staff, MU system government relations and legal teams, and staff from the Missouri Foundation for Health (our ...

Selecting an Appropriate Pricing Strategy

Publications Date: Sunday, Sep. 1, 2002

The focus of this publication is the selection of an appropriate pricing strategy for value-added agricultural products. Selecting a pricing strategy for your product is critical, because price is the most highly visible element of all marketing ...

Break-even Pricing, Revenue and Units

Publications Date: Sunday, Sep. 1, 2002

This publication presents a method for determining the break-even price, revenue and unit sales of value-added agricultural products. Although this method can be applied to any product, this publication is developed from the perspective of a producer ...

Establishing the Transfer Price: Balancing Businesses

Publications Date: Sunday, Sep. 1, 2002

Establishing an equitable transfer price is part of the marketing agreement between a farm business and a producer-owned, value-added business. The transfer price is the farm price received upon initial delivery, or sale, of the commodity (Figure 1). ...

Capturing vs. Creating Value

Publications Date: Sunday, Sep. 1, 2002

The way in which value is added to agricultural production can affect the potential for risk and reward. When evaluating value-added enterprises, it is important to recognize the difference between capturing value and creating value.Capturing value ...

Regulations for Selling Safe Canned Foods in Missouri Fact Sheet

Publications Date: Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015

This publication answers frequently asked questions for selling safe canned foods such as pickles, jams, jellies or salsas. It includes information on the regulatory requirements for selling these foods, as well as the scientific reasoning behind ...

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Building resilient communities through community economic development, entrepreneurship and strategic planning.

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Helping manufacturers in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska respond to import competition through cost share grant funding and support.

Missouri Procurement Technical Assistance Centers

MO PTAC helps businesses — including small, disadvantaged, veteran and women-owned firms — obtain federal, state and local government contracts.

Missouri Small Business and Technology Development Centers

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