Developing Marketing Plans and Strategies for Historically Underserved Producers in
Mississippi StrikeForce Counties
Award Amount: $44,466
Institution: National Crop Insurance Services
Project Director: Laurence Crane (laurencec@ag-risk.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
Assist Limited Resource, Socially Disadvantaged, and Beginning producers of Specialty...
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Educating Oklahoma Ag Lenders on Beef Cattle Risk Management
Award Amount: $10,932
Institution: Oklahoma State University - OCES
Project Director: Scott Clawson (scott.clawson@okstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
Beef cattle producers are facing an unprecedented level of risk...
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Facilitating on-farm food safety risk management practices to implement FSMA and GFSI requirements
Award Amount: $49,777
Institution: LSU AgCenter
Project Director: Achyut Adhikari (acadhikari@agcenter.lsu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
Produce food safety has emerged as a critical agricultural issue...
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Farm Labor Management: Helping Producers Cultivate Human Resources
Award Amount: $40,934
Institution: Oklahoma State University
Project Director: Shannon Ferrell (shannon.l.ferrell@okstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
This project primarily addresses Human Risk factors, though it also...
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Holistic Management and Risk Assessment Workshops for Dairy Farmers in the Southern Region
Award Amount: $49,586
Institution: Department of Dairy Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Project Director: Gonzalo FERREIRA (gonf@vt.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
The objective of this project is to deliver two dairy...
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Improving Agritourism Marketing and Branding in Mississippi
Award Amount: $49,144
Institution: Mississippi State University
Project Director: Rachael Carter (rdm1@msstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
The Improving Agritourism Marketing and Branding in Mississippi project aligns...
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Managing for Today and Tomorrow: Risk Management Education for Kentucky Farm Families
Award Amount: $49,136
Institution: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
Project Director: Jennifer Hunter (jhunter@uky.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
Over 40% of Kentucky farms are transitioning, beginning or exiting...
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Risk Management and Economic Thresholds for Treating the Sugarcane Aphid on Sorghum - An Excel Tool
Award Amount: $49,439
Institution: Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center
Project Director: Levi Russell (lrussell@uga.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
This project will cover the economics of input decisions (financial...
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Southern Agricultural Lease Education Program
Award Amount: $45,086
Institution: Texas A&M Agrilife Extension
Project Director: Tiffany Dowell Lashmet (tdowell@tamu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
We propose to develop materials and programming to encourage landowners...
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Specialty Crop and Organic Producer Analysis of Whole- farm and Organic Crop Insurance Options
Award Amount: $41,920
Institution: Rural Advancement Foundation International - USA
Project Director: Scott Marlow (smarlow@rafiusa.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
RAFI will work with farmers to analyze the new Whole-farm...
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Teaching New Tools for Risk Management to Livestock Producers in Oklahoma
Award Amount: $37,373
Institution: Oklahoma State University
Project Director: JJ Jones (jj.jones@okstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
Too many Oklahoma livestock producers risk management plans or lack...
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Think Fast: Assessing Agricultural Risks Using Applied Techniques
Award Amount: $41,669
Institution: Mississippi State University
Project Director: Keith Coble (coble@agecon.msstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
Agriculture’s inherent riskiness coupled with increasingly complex policy measures have...
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Training Kentucky Crop Farmers to Develop an Integrated Farm Program, Insurance, and Price Risk Management Safety-Net
Award Amount: $49,998
Institution: University of Kentucky
Project Director: Todd Davis (todd.davis@uky.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
Commercial farmers, lenders and insurance agents will understand integrating crop...
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Utilizing Social Media and Digital Technologies as a Marketing Strategy for Virgin Islands Farmers
Award Amount: $49,949
Institution: University of the Virgin Islands
Project Director: Stafford Crossman (scrossm@uvi.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
The project will provide Virgin Islands farmers with the ability...
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