Creating Economic Opportunities in Georgia through Innovative Food Entrepreneurship to Build Sustainable and Equitable Food Systems.
Award Amount: $49,973
Institution: University of Georgia
Project Director: Anand Mohan (anandmohan@uga.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Education Projects
Summary
Food entrepreneurial ventures provide robust economic
growth and opportunities for job...
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Crop Insurance Education for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers in the Arkansas Delta
Award Amount: $74,916
Institution: University of Arkansas Pine Bluff
Project Director: Henry English (englishh@uapb.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance
Summary
This project will address the following crop insurance topics: Actual...
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Economics of Grain Bag Storage Systems: Educating Mississippi Delta Grain Producers on Production, Marketing, and Financial Risks
Award Amount: $27,600
Institution: University of Tennessee
Project Director: Aaron Smith (aaron.smith@utk.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Education Projects
Summary
Effectively marketing corn is essential to producer profitability in the...
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Educating Producers on Food Safety, Marketing of Farm Products and Record-keeping Requirements to Strengthen Regional Supply Chains
Award Amount: $49,746
Institution: University of Mount Olive
Project Director: Edward Olive (eolive@umo.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Education Projects
Summary
Farmers encounter many risks throughout their farming operation. One...
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Enhancing farm viability through improved financial risk and marketing risk management for Young, and New and Beginning horticulture farmers in Louisiana.
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: Louisiana State University AgCenter
Project Director: Maria Bampasidou (mbampasidou@agcenter.lsu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Education Projects
Summary
This project will provide educational opportunities to young and new...
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Farmer Risk Management Rebound from COVID-19
Award Amount: $49,872
Institution: Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP)
Project Director: Charlie Jackson (charlie@asapconnections.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Education Projects
Summary
“Farmer Risk Management Rebound from COVID-19” will support 255 small,...
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Farming in the Future: Agriculture, Energy, and Environment in the Era of Climate Change
Award Amount: $49,513
Institution: Oklahoma State University
Project Director: Shannon Ferrell (shannon.l.ferrell@okstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Education Projects
Summary
Our efforts will focus directly on
the production and legal risks...
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Financial and Recordkeeping Education to Enhance Resilience of Minority-Owned Farms in Alabama
Award Amount: $10,000
Institution: Alabama A&M University
Project Director: Duncan M Chembezi (duncan.chembezi@aamu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Exploratory Projects: Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance
Summary
Farming is a business and good financial management and sound...
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Implementing Risk Management Marketing Plans for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Underserved by Crop Insurance in South Carolina
Award Amount: $99,610
Institution: National Crop Insurance Services, Inc.
Project Director: Laurence Crane (laurencec@ag-risk.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance
Summary
Applied education consisting of sequential
workshops, supplemented by personal assignments and...
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Labor Considerations for Kentucky Farmers: An Overview of Legal and Regulatory Implications
Award Amount: $33,858
Institution: AgSafe
Project Director: Natalie Gupton (natalie@agsafe.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Education Projects
Summary
The AgSafe Labor Considerations
for Kentucky Farmers: An Overview of Legal...
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MANAGING RISKS FOR PRODUCERS UNDERSERVED BY CROP INSURANCE
Award Amount: $9,999
Institution: VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Project Director: William Crutchfield (wcrutchfield@vsu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Exploratory Projects: Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance
Summary
Virginia State University proposes to conduct risk
management education project for...
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Marketing Education for Row Crop Producers in Alabama and Mississippi
Award Amount: $47,943
Institution: Mississippi State University
Project Director: Will Maples (will.maples@msstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Education Projects
Summary
This project will provide row crop producers in Alabama and
Mississippi...
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Master your Business: An online certificate course for forage and livestock farmers
Award Amount: $49,779
Institution: Auburn University
Project Director: Leanne Dillard (dillasa@auburn.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Education Projects
Summary
This project seeks to improve access to forage
and livestock production...
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Mitigating Financial Risk for Small-Scale Farmers Through Budget Training
Award Amount: $49,189
Institution: NCSU, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Project Director: Kathryn Boys (kaboys@ncsu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Education Projects
Summary
This project will recruit and engage small scale and underserved...
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Online Quicken Training for Ag Producers
Award Amount: $39,498
Institution: Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service
Project Director: JJ Jones (jj.jones@okstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Education Projects
Summary
Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension Service has been of the...
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Opening Doors to Improved Agricultural Risk Management, 2021-2022
Award Amount: $98,781
Institution: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Project Director: Steven Klose (sklose@tamu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance
Summary
Perpetually low commodity prices, growing debt, and declining agricultural asset...
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Rainfall Index (RI) Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) Insurance Program Education for Arkansas Livestock and Forage Producers
Award Amount: $10,000
Institution: University of Arkansas
Project Director: James Mitchell (jlmitche@uark.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Exploratory Projects: Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance
Summary
This project will cover the basics of index-based insurance products...
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Reducing Risk: crop insurance education for specialty crop growers
Award Amount: $67,016
Institution: Kentucky Horticulture Council
Project Director: Cindy Finneseth (cindy@kyhortcouncil.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance
Summary
Reducing
Risk: crop insurance education for specialty crop growers is an...
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Risk Management Education for Livestock Producers
Award Amount: $74,272
Institution: Texas A&M University
Project Director: Bart Fischer (bartfischer@tamu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance
Summary
From COVID-19 to weather-related disasters, livestock and forage producers face...
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Risk Management Education for Socially Disadvantaged, Veteran, and Beginning Farmers and Ranchers in Virginia
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Project Director: William Crutchfield (wcrutchfield@vsu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Education Projects
Summary
Virginia
State University proposes to conduct risk management education project, with...
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Risk Management Outreach for Cattle Producers
Award Amount: $49,951
Institution: National Cattlemen's Beef Association
Project Director: Michaela Clowser (mclowser@beef.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Education Projects
Summary
This project addresses the marketing, financial,
production, and human risks cattle...
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Risk Mitigation and Best Management Practices [BMP] Training to Build Resilience of Minority-Owned Farms in Persistent Poverty Communities in Alabama
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: RURAL SOUTH INSTITUTE
Project Director: Duncan M. Chembezi (ruralsouthinstitute@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Education Projects
Summary
Working collaboratively with FSC/LAF, ACES and Alabama's three land-grant universities,...
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Training Growers in Florida to Develop Marketing Plans to Take Advantage of Changing Realities in the Digital Era
Award Amount: $49,891
Institution: University of Florida Tropical Research and Education Center
Project Director: Trent Blare (tblare@ufl.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Education Projects
Summary
The marketing reality that vegetable and fruit growers confront has...
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Utilizing Precision Agriculture Technology to Improve Financial Resources and Reduce Production Risks
Award Amount: $47,712
Institution: University of Georgia
Project Director: Yangxuan Liu (yangxuan.liu@uga.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Education Projects
Summary
In the U.S., growers are motivated to adopt precision agriculture...
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VI Good Food Coalition Risk Management Initiative: Improving Risk Management for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers in the Virgin Islands
Award Amount: $12,877
Institution: Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Project Director: Courtney Long (court7@iastate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Education Projects
Summary
The VI Good Food Risk Management Initiative will provide Risk...
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Where's the Beef? Economic and Legal Considerations for Direct Beef Sales
Award Amount: $47,726
Institution: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Project Director: Justin Benavidez (benavidezjustin@tamu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2021 Education Projects
Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic caused numerous logistic issues in the food...
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