The Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority is authorized to grant an Agricultural Product Utilization Contributor Tax Credit in an amount up to 100 percent of a contribution from a person, partnership, corporation, trust, limited liability company or other donor. The contribution must be made to the authority to be used for financial or technical assistance to rural agricultural business concepts as approved by the authority.

Agricultural Products Utilization Contributor Tax Credit program details and application

The Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority provides Missouri tax credits to Missouri’s lenders who make breeding livestock loans to small farmers. To participate in the loan program, a small farmer shall first obtain approval for a family farm breeding livestock loan from an eligible lender. The small farmer shall not be charged interest by the lender for the first year of the qualified family farm livestock loan.

Family Farm Breeding Livestock Tax Credit program details and application

The Meat Processing Facility Investment Tax Credit was enacted to stimulate investment in the meat processing industry in Missouri and to enable the livestock industry to capture more value in the form of further processed meat products. Meat processing facilities located in Missouri that construct, improve, or acquire buildings, facilities, or equipment used exclusively for meat processing after January 1, 2017 are eligible to apply to the program.

Meat Processing Facility Investment Tax Credit program details and application

The Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority provides New Generation Cooperative Incentive Tax Credits to induce producer member investment into new generation processing entities that will process Missouri agricultural commodities and agricultural products into value-added goods, provide substantial benefits to Missouri’s agricultural producers, and create jobs for Missourians.

New Generation Cooperative Tax Credit program details and application

The Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority provides Missouri tax credits to Missouri lenders who make loans for specialty crops farming resources to family farmers.

Specialty Agricultural Crops Tax Credit program details and application

The Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority provides Missouri tax credits based on eligible expenses incurred in the establishment or improvement of an urban farm which focuses solely on food production for sale or donation to the public.

Urban Farm Investment Tax Credit program details and application

A farm owner may qualify for a deduction from their Missouri adjusted gross income based on the income received by either selling or renting/leasing farmland to a beginning farmer.

Beginning Farmer Tax Deduction program details and application