Coaching Farm Families Through a Facilitated Farm Transition Planning Process
Award Amount: $49,775
Institution: The Learning Connection
Project Director: Kristine Ranger (kristine@knowledgenavigators.com)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
This proposal addresses the risk management education topic (5) Human...
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Dairy Risk Management Using Private and Public Risk Protection Instruments - North Central
Award Amount: $49,972
Institution: University of Minnesota
Project Director: Marin Bozic (mbozic@umn.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
Agricultural Act of 2014 reformed the U.S. dairy safety net,...
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Exploring a Community of Practice Model for Enhancing the Role of Cooperatives in Local Food System Development
Award Amount: $1,750
Institution: Grazing Fields Cooperative
Project Director: Jane Bush (bush.foodsystems@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2015 Exploratory Projects ($3,000 maximum)
Summary
A community of practice (CoP) is a group of people...
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Farming Together: Estate & Retirement Planning
Award Amount: $34,912
Institution: Purdue University - Purdue Extension-White Co.
Project Director: Denise Schroeder (schroedd@purdue.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
Farming Together: Estate & Retirement Planning is designed to help...
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Helping farmers create innovative, profitable, and flexible employment opportunities, while staying on the right side of the law.
Award Amount: $49,163
Institution: Farm Commons
Project Director: Rachel Armstrong (rachel@farmcommons.org)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
Good employee practices hold back farms from expansion to new...
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Human Risk Management for Agricultural Producers (HR 4 Ag)
Award Amount: $49,705
Institution: UNL Extension - Johnson County
Project Director: Jessica Jones (jjones12@unl.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
The project Human Risk Management for Agricultural Producers (HR 4...
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Implementation of a Retail Farm Market School in Missouri
Award Amount: $48,505
Institution: The Curators of the University of Missouri
Project Director: Crystal Weber (webercd@missouri.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
The Missouri Retail Farm Market school project is aimed at...
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Linking Native American Youth to Agricultural Futures
Award Amount: $49,992
Institution: South Dakota State University Extension-Rosebud
Project Director: Rachel Lindvall (rachel.lindvall@sdstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
Youth in South Dakota's Indian Reservations( designated USDA "Strikeforce" Zones)...
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Managing People, Managing Risk: Developing a Farm-Friendly Human Resource Management Curriculum
Award Amount: $3,000
Institution: Dane County UW-Extension
Project Director: Jennifer Blazek (jennifer.blazek@ces.uwex.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2015 Exploratory Projects ($3,000 maximum)
Summary
This project will evaluate and address the needs related to...
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Novel business plans to promote crop/livestock integration on a landscape basis
Award Amount: $2,495
Institution: South Dakota State University
Project Director: Roger Gates (roger.gates@sdstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2015 Exploratory Projects ($3,000 maximum)
Summary
A recent meta-analysis of conservation tillage research concluded in Nature...
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Paying it Forward with a Successful Transition Cow Program
Award Amount: $49,308
Institution: Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Project Director: Jennifer Bentley (jbentley@iastate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
Project will guide decision-making process to assist small, beginning, traditional...
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Pesticide Application Training for Hmong Growers
Award Amount: $38,358
Institution: WI Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection
Project Director: Jack Chang (jack.chang@wisconsin.gov)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
This project is a new educational approach to teaching pesticide...
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Producer Network Development and Education: Scaling-up to Sell Wholesale into a Food Hub
Award Amount: $49,238
Institution: Lincoln University
Project Director: Katie Nixon (nixonk@lincolnu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
Two food hub Feasibility studies were recently released in the...
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Program Development for Beginning Beef Cattle Producers - Integrated Risk Management Education
Award Amount: $2,930
Institution: South Dakota State University
Project Director: Ken Olson (kenneth.olson@sdstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2015 Exploratory Projects ($3,000 maximum)
Summary
Agriculture producers in South Dakota are aging and challenges limit...
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Protecting Profits: Helping Nebraska Cattle Producers Manage Market Risk
Award Amount: $26,316
Institution: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Project Director: Jay Parsons (jparsons4@unl.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
This project will provide Nebraska cow/calf producers with timely information...
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Soil Health for Ranch $uccess
Award Amount: $49,998
Institution: Kansas Farmers Union Foundation
Project Director: Mercedes Taylor-Puckett (kfu.mercedes@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
Soil Health for Ranch Success provides educational and networking opportunities...
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Strategic Information Portal for Environmental Risk Management
Award Amount: $49,986
Institution: The Curators of the University of Missouri
Project Director: Ray Massey (masseyr@missouri.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
This project addresses legal risks: environmental regulations, a timely topic...
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Western FBFM Financial Risk Management
Award Amount: $47,500
Institution: Western FBFM Association
Project Director: Robert Rhea (bobrhea@adams.net)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
This project brings producers in the middle of daily risk...
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Will Your Farm Outlive You? Motivating and Educating WI Farmers on Farm Succession Planning
Award Amount: $42,825
Institution: UW Center for Dairy Profitability
Project Director: Joy Kirkpatrick (joy.kirkpatrick@ces.uwex.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2015 Education Projects
Summary
This project will motivate and educate 400 Wisconsin producers to...
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