Ag Business Development
- starting a value-added business
- new uses, new opportunities
- business topics
- value-added agriculture topics
Missouri Department of Agriculture
Ag Business Development Division
P.O. Box 630
1616 Missouri Blvd.
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Toll-Free Number:
(866) 466-8283
abd@mda.mo.gov
www.mda.mo.gov
Ag Business Development
Tobacco in Missouri
Web Resources:
- Tobacco Economics Online (www.uky.edu/Agriculture/TobaccoEcon/)
- ERS-Tobacco Briefing Room
(www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/tobacco) - Regulatory Services News
(www.rs.uky.edu/) - North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (www.ncagr.com)
Associations and Organizations:
- Missouri Council for Burley Tobacco, Inc., 23560 Nichols Road, Weston, MO 64098, (816) 685-3389
- Tobacco Merchants Association (www.tma.org)
- International Tobacco Grower’s Association
(www.tobaccoleaf.org) - Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association
(www.burleytobacco.com)
Examples:
- Larry & Barbara Weaver, Weaverland Farms, 641 Spruce Road, New Holland, PA 17557, tel (717) 354-7477
Contacts:
- Thomas R. Fowler, Ag Horticulture Specialist, University of Missouri Outreach/Extension, Platte County, (816) 858-2165 FowlerT@missouri.edu