“Implementing risk management practices to improve economic viability with 80 socially disadvantaged producers in San Elizario, Texas"
Award Amount: $49,995
Institution: National Immigrant Farming Initiative Inc.
Project Director: Rigoberto Delgado (rigo@immigrantfarmers.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2016 Education Projects
Summary
RME Topics include:Understanding risk managementBenchmarking, record-keeping, analysis,Leadership, capacity development, group...
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Addressing Production and Business Risk for Small Ruminant Producers in Kentucky
Award Amount: $33,160
Institution: Kentucky State University
Project Director: Kenneth Andries (kenneth.andries@kysu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2016 Education Projects
Summary
Improve the sustainability of small ruminant producers through
education programs that...
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Advanced Online Marketing Strategies for Tennessee Farmers
Award Amount: $49,883
Institution: The University of Tennessee
Project Director: Megan Leffew (mleffew@utk.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2016 Education Projects
Summary
The Advanced Online Marketing Strategies for Tennessee Farmers project will...
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Building Farm Foundations and Planning for Success: Planning, Marketing Strategies, and Risk Management for Beginning and Limited-Resource Farmers
Award Amount: $49,967
Institution: National Center for Appropriate Technology
Project Director: Margo Hale (margoh@ncat.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2016 Education Projects
Summary
Beginning farmers face many risk management challenges as they start...
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Dairy Profit Monitor - NC Pilot Peer Group
Award Amount: $9,133
Institution: North Carolina State University
Project Director: Brittany Whitmire (bfwhitmi@ncsu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2016 Education Projects
Summary
This project will launch a pilot peer group of North
Carolina...
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Developing, Practicing and Implementing Written Marketing Plans and Risk Management Skills through Crop Marketing and Risk Management Clubs
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: University of Kentucky
Project Director: Todd Davis (todd.davis@uky.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2016 Education Projects
Summary
Commercial farmers, beginning farmers, lenders and county
agents develop and implement...
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Enhancing Louisiana Agritourism: Managing Financial and Legal Liabilities
Award Amount: $44,765
Institution: LSU AgCenter
Project Director: Maria Bampasidou (mbampasidou@agcenter.lsu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2016 Education Projects
Summary
This project will provide educational opportunities to existing
and potential agritourism...
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Enhancing Tennessee Small-scale Fruit and Vegetable Farms’ Ability to Manage Marketing and Financial Risks
Award Amount: $49,034
Institution: University of Tennessee
Project Director: Margarita Velandia (mvelandia@utk.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2016 Education Projects
Summary
The proposed
project addresses unique marketing and financial risks faced by...
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Financial Risk Management for Herd Rebuilding in South Texas
Award Amount: $14,753
Institution: Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center
Project Director: Mac Young (amyoung@ag.tamu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2016 Education Projects
Summary
This project will address business and strategic planning (financial risk)...
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Gate to Plate: Targeted Business and Production Management Training for Women, Beginning, and Transitioning Ranchers Selling Meat into the Marketplace.
Award Amount: $49,992
Institution: North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), Center for Environmental Farming Systems/NC Choices
Project Director: Sarah Blacklin (seblackl@ncsu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2016 Education Projects
Summary
Women ranchers; new and diversifying pork, poultry, and beef farmers;...
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Herbicide Resistance Education
Award Amount: $23,105
Institution: Oklahoma State University
Project Director: Josh Lofton (josh.lofton@okstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2016 Education Projects
Summary
The proposed project is aimed at increasing awareness and education...
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Implementing Biosecurity and Disease Prevention Measures and Evaluating Marketing Strategies and Contract Opportunities in Small Ruminant Production
Award Amount: $44,332
Institution: University of Tennessee
Project Director: Andrew Griffith (agriff14@utk.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2016 Education Projects
Summary
Topics covered: 1) animal health and disease prevention, 2) biosecurity...
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Institutional Market Readiness for Small Scale Alternative Crop Farmers in East Arkansas
Award Amount: $49,920
Institution: East Arkansas Enterprise Community (EAEC), Inc.
Project Director: Robert Cole (eaec@sbcglobal.net)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2016 Education Projects
Summary
This project will address the production, price and marketing, legal,...
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Local Produce Safety Initiaitve
Award Amount: $49,990
Institution: Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
Project Director: Karen McSwain (karen@carolinafarmstewards.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2016 Education Projects
Summary
In order for small farms to remain competitive in
the local...
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Reducing Risk for Specialty Crop Farmers Seeking Access to Large Wholesale Markets
Award Amount: $26,591
Institution: Appalachian Sustainable Development
Project Director: Kathlyn Baker (kterry@asdevelop.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2016 Education Projects
Summary
This project will address
Marketing Risk for beginning and experienced specialty...
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Risk Management Education for Urban Farmers in Texas
Award Amount: $38,432
Institution: Prairie View A&M University
Project Director: Nelson Daniels (ndaniels@ag.tamu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2016 Education Projects
Summary
This project addresses risk related issues concerning urban farmers who...
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Strengthening Risk Management Tools for Growers in South Florida: Crop Insurance Training
Award Amount: $27,135
Institution: University of Florida Board of Trustees
Project Director: Edward Evans (eaevans@ufl.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2016 Education Projects
Summary
The project seeks to deliver production risk management education...
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