University of Missouri Extension — Randolph County
509 W. Reed St, Moberly, MO 65270 · 660-269-9656
Open 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday
extension.missouri.edu/counties/randolph
Note the short hours — the office closes at 2 p.m., not 5.
Older directories list Extension at 423 E. Logan with a staffer named Tom Fuhrman. That address and that name are out of date; only the phone number carried over.
What Extension does here
Agricultural production and farm business · horticulture and the Master Gardener program · food safety, food preservation and canning · nutrition programs · 4-H · small business development through the SBDC and the APEX Accelerator · human development and family programs · private pesticide applicator training · Randolph County EXCEL.
Most of the specialists are regional, covering several counties from this office. Michael Krauch is the regional director for the Northeast Region. Linda Sharp is the county office support staff — in practice, the person who answers when you call.
Specialists working this county include Jim Meyer (engagement), Jennifer Schutter (horticulture), Mary Sobba (agricultural business), Kent Shannon (agricultural engineering), Heather Conrow (livestock and statewide poultry), Jeremiah Terrell (human development), Karah Naughton (nutrition), Maria Moyer (youth programs), and Kris Bockting, Mark Christian and Paul Zacharias on the business side.
Worth knowing
Extension runs workshops that are genuinely cheap and genuinely useful — farm lease workshops, canning and food safety classes, childcare provider training, pesticide certification. Many are online. The county office also publishes an annual report on what it did and who it reached.
Compiled from extension.missouri.edu, September 2026. Corrections: news@moberlymainline.com.
