It’s our land-grant mission to support Missouri’s most important industry: agriculture. We know we can deliver even more for families in each of our 114 counties. That’s why we’ve launched ambitious initiatives to double the state’s ag economy by 2030 while sustaining our natural resources. These activities include hiring faculty specialists in digital agriculture, livestock toxicology, agronomy, soils and nutrients.

But there is so much more that we can do to support our biggest benefactors, Missourians. Each day, we leverage our unique position to contribute to rural agriculture, rural and urban education, economic development throughout the state, environmental sustainability and so much more! Through discovery and translation of research into technologies, information programs and services, Mizzou improves lives, communities, and economies.

Outreach & Engagement Goals

1. (Strategies 1-4): Expand engagement with Extension programs from 1,200,000 contacts/year to 1,500,000 contacts/year by 2030.
2. (Strategy 1): Increase engagement among farmers, ranchers, and agri-entrepreneurs at extension events from 21,000 to 27,000 by 2030.
3. (Strategy 2): Establish 2 new Extension sites per year in rural Missouri to deliver primary health care and telehealth clinic to improve access to health services.
4. (Strategy 3): Establish at least 24 new K-12 partnerships for in- and after-school initiatives, including partners that provide access to innovative pathways to higher and continuing education by 2030.
5. (Strategy 3-4): Continue to create high-impact and transformational opportunities to prepare for employment, upskill current workers, and pipeline non-traditional students into degree programs with an increase in reach from 12,000 to 15,000 participants by 2030.
6. (Strategy 4): Increase the number of startup businesses served by our entrepreneurial program from 300 to 350 by 2030.
7. (Strategy 4): Increase the number of counties implementing Digitally Connected Communities, a broadband planning program, from 8 to 20 by 2030.
8. (Strategy 5): Increase the number of faculty engaged in communicating the outcomes of their research with Missourians from 250 to 350 by 2030.