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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... More

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... More

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... More

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... More

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... More

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... More

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... More

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... More

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... More

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... More

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... More

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... More

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... More

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... More