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Farmer Perspectives: How Regenerative Agriculture Benefits Wildlife

Regenerative farmers understand that wildlife on the farm can be a good thing! In this video, three Missouri farmers describe the regenerative agriculture practices they use to promote wildlife and the benefits they’ve seen.

Farmer Perspectives: How Regenerative Agriculture Can Benefit Pollinators

Regenerative farmers are seeing the benefits of encouraging pollinators back on the farm by establishing pollinator habitat in Missouri cropland settings. In this video, three Missouri farmers describe the regenerative practices they use to promote pollinators and the benefits they’ve seen.

Missouri Biodiversity Pilot Program

Missouri corn and soybean farmers have the opportunity to enroll in a pilot program that quantifies and certifies biodiversity credits as well as carbon and water quality credits.

Creating Inviting Pollinator Habitats in Agriculture

This Center for Regenerative Agriculture handout offers advice to integrate pollinator habitats within your farming systems.

Conservation Buffers: Design Guidelines for Buffers, Corridors, and Greenways

This manual provides over 80 illustrated design guidelines for conservation buffers, based on a review of over 1,400 research publications. Each guideline describes a specific way that a vegetative buffer can be applied to protect soil, improve air and water quality, enhance fish and wildlife habitat, produce economic products, provide recreation opportunities, or beautify...

Vegetative Barriers for Erosion Control

This publication from MU Extension highlights strategies for incorporating vegetative barriers into a soil conservation program. View the web version of this information at the link below:

A Whole-Farm Approach to Managing Pests: SARE

This guide by Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension (SARE) overviews how to manage insects using ecological principles and strategies.

SARE Outreach YouTube Channel

This YouTube channel from the USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program provides short videos on a wide range of topics related to sustainable agriculture. Many videos feature farmers talking about new practices or approaches they have tried on their farm.

Agroforestry Training Manual

This detailed handbook from the MU Center for Agroforestry covers all recognized agroforestry practices, including riparian buffers, windbreaks, silvopasture, and forest farming. Individual chapters can also be downloaded on the Center for Agroforestry website:

Field Borders for Agronomic, Economic and Wildlife Benefits

This bulletin from MU Extension discusses the benefits of agronomic, economic, and wildlife benefits of using field borders on your land.  The web version of this bulletin can be found at the following link: