A Bilingual Training and Education Program for Calf Care and Handling
Award Amount: $28,446
Institution: Iowa State University
Project Director: Jennifer Bentley (jbentley@iastate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
This project will provide producers
and employees with tools needed to...
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Agritourism Safety and Liability: Implementing Best Risk Management Practices for Farms Open to the Public
Award Amount: $30,952
Institution: University of Vermont Extension
Project Director: Lisa Chase (lisa.chase@uvm.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
As consumer demand for local food and farm experiences has
increased...
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Benchmarking -- Farm/Ranch Enterprises to Identify Strengths and Weaknesses and Implementation of Strategic Business Planning for South Central Utah Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
Award Amount: $48,478
Institution: Snow College
Project Director: Jay Olsen (jay.olsen@snow.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
This project will increase participants' management knowledge and ability to...
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Biosecurity Education for Organic and Pastured Poultry Producers
Award Amount: $46,581
Institution: National Center for Appropriate Technology
Project Director: Kevin Ellis (kevine@ncat.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
This project addresses the inherent risks of disease transmission in...
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Bovine Reproductive Disease Risk Reduction from Trichomoniasis
Award Amount: $2,000
Institution: New Mexico State University
Project Director: Tom Dominguez (tdomingu@nmsu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2017 Exploratory Projects
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Building Climate Resilience via Agroecology and Learning Networks
Award Amount: $49,990
Institution: MESA, Inc.
Project Director: Natalia Pinzon Jimenez (natalia@nataliapinzon.com)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
Our project will enable farmers to utilize online courses and...
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Can the Dairy Industry Collaborate with Workforce Development Agencies to Address Labor and Succession Gaps?
Award Amount: $3,000
Institution: The Learning Connection
Project Director: Kristine Ranger (kristine@knowledgenavigators.com)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2017 Exploratory Projects ($3,000 maximum)
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DELIVERING MARKETING EDUCATION TO BEGINNING, VETERANS, AND HISTORICALLY UNDER DESERVED PRODUCERS IN PUERTO RICO
Award Amount: $47,724
Institution: University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, UPRM
Project Director: Alexandra Gregory (alexandra.gregory@upr.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
This
project will cover marketing risks for beginning veterans, and underserved
producers...
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Developing Marketing Plans and Strategies for Historically Underserved Producers in Arkansas Strike Force Counties
Award Amount: $47,971
Institution: National Crop Insurance Services
Project Director: Laurence Crane (laurencec@ag-risk.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
The outcome of this project is to
enable small, limited resource,...
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Diversifying Revenue with Value Added Production and Marketing
Award Amount: $23,743
Institution: San Juan RC&D
Project Director: Beth LaShell (bblashell@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
Small vegetable and fruit farmers in the 4-Corners region have...
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Educating Massachusetts Farmers on Avoiding Risks in Farm Labor Law Compliance
Award Amount: $37,456
Institution: Trustees of Tufts College / New Entry Sustainable Farming Project
Project Director: Jennifer Hashley (jennifer.hashley@tufts.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
This project will develop statewide trainings and educational resources on
farm...
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Education to reduce timber grower risks from invasive plants
Award Amount: $30,894
Institution: Washington State University
Project Director: Kevin Zobrist (kevin.zobrist@wsu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
We propose a
series of four regional, comprehensive, full-day, hands-on field...
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Educational Needs in Farm and Ranch Transition Planning in Nebraska
Award Amount: $2,000
Institution: UNL Department of Agricultural Economics
Project Director: J David Aiken (daiken@unl.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2017 Exploratory Projects ($3,000 maximum)
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Enhancing Direct Market Fresh Produce Sales through Multi-Market Pricing Comparisons
Award Amount: $49,431
Institution: Utah State University
Project Director: Kynda Curtis (kynda.curtis@usu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
This project seeks to increase fresh produce sales through direct...
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Enhancing Producers' Application of Marketing Strategies through Experiential Learning
Award Amount: $49,996
Institution: South Dakota State University
Project Director: Lisa Elliott (lisa.elliott@sdstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
Farm managers need to increasingly quantify and manage their
value-at-risk (VaR)...
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Expanding Business Education Programming for Farm Women in New Hampshire
Award Amount: $31,168
Institution: University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
Project Director: Kelly McAdam (kelly.mcadam@unh.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
According to the 2012 USDA National Agriculture Census, women are
involved...
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Exploratory Project: Farm Management Education to Small Farms in Beaver County
Award Amount: $2,000
Institution: The Pennsylvania State University
Project Director: Maria Graziani (mug355@psu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2017 Exploratory Projects ($2,000 maximum)
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Exploratory Project: Hoopa Reservation Farmers and Ranchers Risk Management Education
Award Amount: $2,000
Institution: The Regents of the University of California, on behalf of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Project Director: Deborah Giraud (ddgiraud@ucanr.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2017 Exploratory Projects
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Farm Financial Management Education for Minnesota Producers.
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: University of Minnesota
Project Director: Nathan Hulinsky (huli0013@umn.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
With the current challenging state of the farm economy, there
is...
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Farm Succession and Preparing for the Unexpected Farm Family Health Crisis
Award Amount: $36,974
Institution: Pennsylvania Farm Link, Inc.
Project Director: Darlene Livingston (c-daliving@pa.gov)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
Diverse educational opportunities will provide access to farm succession and...
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Farm to Fork Direct Market Initiative of the Virginia Beginning Farmer and Rancher Coalition Program
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: Virginia Tech
Project Director: Kimberly Morgan (klmorgan@vt.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
The initiative's goal is to enhance whole farm
planning (WFP) programming...
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Farm$SUCCESS: A Farm Management Program for Building Manager's Farm and Risk Management Capacity and Business Resiliency
Award Amount: $2,650
Institution: UW-Platteville
Project Director: Kevin Bernhardt (bernhark@uwplatt.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2017 Exploratory Projects ($3,000 maximum)
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Farm-Based Workshops for Food Safety Risk Assessment and Hazard Mitigation
Award Amount: $49,496
Institution: La Montanita Coop
Project Director: Benjamin Bartley (benjamin.bartley@lamontanita.coop)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
The Value Chain Team at La Montanita Cooperative will provide...
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Farmers Marketing - Reducing Risk of AL Black Belt Producers
Award Amount: $27,293
Institution: Alabama Cooperative Extension System - Kevin Burkett
Project Director: Kevin Burkett (ksb0002@auburn.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
Producers
will receive education on concepts of marketing. We are...
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FBFM #riskreward
Award Amount: $47,413
Institution: Western FBFM Association
Project Director: Robert Rhea (bobrhea@adams.net)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
This project begins in the midst of the agricultural financial...
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Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Training, Technical Assistance and Mock-Audits for Oklahoma Agricultural Producers
Award Amount: $25,073
Institution: Oklahoma State University
Project Director: Sara Siems (sara.siems@okstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
The goal of this proposal is to expand programming for
existing...
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Good to Great – Improving labor management on fruit and vegetable farms in New York State
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: Cornell University
Project Director: Elizabeth Higgins (emh56@cornell.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
In Good to Great: Improving labor management on fruit and...
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Growing Montana Food Businesses: Workshops in Understanding Montana’s Food Policy Modernization Law and Mitigating Production Risk from Value-Added Products.
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: Alternative Energy Resources Organization (AERO)
Project Director: Kaleena Miller (kmiller@aeromt.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
Montana’s
new Food Policy Modernization Law (MFPML) offers an unprecedented opportunity...
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Habits of Financially Resilient Farmers Who Excel at Risk Management
Award Amount: $49,881
Institution: University of Illinois
Project Director: Gary Schnitkey (schnitke@illinois.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
This educational program details habits of farmers who excel at...
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High Efficiency Sprinkler Irrigation in the Lower Arkansas Valley, Colorado: Balancing economic risks of adoption with pollution risks from not adopting
Award Amount: $48,398
Institution: Colorado State University
Project Director: Dana Hoag (dhoag@colostate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
Two workshops will be offered to
furrow-irrigation producers in...
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Idaho Grain and Livestock Risk Management Education
Award Amount: $38,300
Institution: Idaho Barley Commission
Project Director: Kelly Olson (kolson@barley.idaho.gov)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
This educational program is targeted at Idaho's grain and livestock...
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Identifying Risk Management Demands within Iowa Water Quality Initiative Projects
Award Amount: $3,000
Institution: Center for Rural Affairs
Project Director: Anna Johnson (annaj@cfra.org)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2017 Exploratory Projects ($3,000 maximum)
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Innovative Marketing, Production and Financial Training for Southern Appalachian Farmers
Award Amount: $38,500
Institution: Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project
Project Director: Molly Nicholie (molly@asapconnections.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
ASAP (Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project) submits the project: “Innovative Marketing,...
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Know Your Numbers, Know Your Options
Award Amount: $47,000
Institution: Annies Project--Education for Farm Women
Project Director: Ruth Hambleton (hambleton.ruth@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
Know Your Numbers, Know Your Options is a financial risk...
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Leadership for Successful Employee Management
Award Amount: $37,033
Institution: University of Minnesota
Project Director: Nathan Hulinsky (huli0013@umn.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
Employee turnover
is costly to any business; The Society for Human...
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Legal Aid of Nebraska: Ag Liens & Leases - Producer Rights & Remedies
Award Amount: $45,891
Institution: Legal Aid of Nebraska
Project Director: Michelle Soll (msoll@legalaidofnebraska.org)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
In the current agricultural economy, with its potential for producer...
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Making It Happen: Profitability & Success
Award Amount: $31,000
Institution: TSNE-The Carrot Project
Project Director: Julia Grigg (jgrigg@thecarrotproject.org)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
Making It Happen is an outcome-based risk management training
to help...
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Managing Farm Risk Using Big Data
Award Amount: $49,776
Institution: Oklahoma State University
Project Director: Shannon Ferrell (shannon.l.ferrell@okstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
New technologies enable farmers to collect and analyze unprecedented amounts...
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Managing Forage Risk in the Mid-South: Specie Diversification and Forage Insurance
Award Amount: $49,358
Institution: University of Tennessee
Project Director: Andrew Griffith (agriff14@utk.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
Topics covered: 1) reasons for forage specie diversification, 2) managing...
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Managing Market and Financial Risk through Farm Stand and Agri-tourism Education
Award Amount: $45,454
Institution: Oregon State University Extension
Project Director: Maud Powell (maud.powell@oregonstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
This project will address the legal, market and financial risks...
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Managing Risk by Improving Financial Management and Communication Skills
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: Center for Profitable Agriculture
Project Director: Wendell Pepper (hal.pepper@utk.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
The proposed project addresses unique financial and human risks faced...
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Managing risks associated with irrigation of row crops in the coastal plain of Virginia
Award Amount: $49,077
Institution: Virginia Tech
Project Director: Julie Shortridge (jshortridge@vt.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
While irrigation can mitigate risks associated with
insufficient rainfall during the...
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Managing Risks on the Farm Through Farm Safety
Education
Award Amount: $2,000
Institution: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County
Project Director: Lisa Kempisty (ljk4@cornell.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2017 Exploratory Projects ($2,000 maximum)
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Managing Succession Planning and Profit Margins
Award Amount: $49,941
Institution: The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Project Director: Joy Kirkpatrick (joy.kirkpatrick@ces.uwex.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
Managing Farm Succession & Profit Margins will educate
75 producers (approximately...
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Managing Your Farm for Long-Term Success
Award Amount: $49,660
Institution: Kansas State University
Project Director: Gregory Ibendahl (ibendahl@ksu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
From 2006 through 2013,
Kansas farmers saw record levels of net...
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Marketing Risk Management in the Eastern Corn Belt: Basis Education and an Interactive Online Basis Tool for Grain and Oilseed Producers
Award Amount: $49,438
Institution: Purdue University
Project Director: Nathan Thompson (thomp530@purdue.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
Increased
price volatility, lower crop prices, and tight operating margins have...
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Mitigating Production and Environmental Risks through Best Management of Subsurface Tile
Award Amount: $40,104
Institution: University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
Project Director: Heather Darby (heather.darby@uvm.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
Since the late 1800s, farmers have used subsurface tile drainage...
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Navajo Rancher Sustainability Project
Award Amount: $47,880
Institution: New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service
Project Director: Michael Patrick (jmpat@nmsu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
This project will seek to increase the profitability and sustainability...
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Price risk and marketing education for beef and pork producers
Award Amount: $49,999
Institution: Iowa State University Office of Sponsored Programs
Project Director: Russ Euken (reuken@iastate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
This project will address marketing and price risk
management education for...
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Profitable Meat Marketing through Pricing & Strategy Education
Award Amount: $35,973
Institution: Cornell Cooperative Extension-Tompkins County
Project Director: Matthew LeRoux (mnl28@cornell.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
This project addresses marketing and financial risks faced
by many northeast...
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Programs and Tools for Dealing with Financial Stress
Award Amount: $48,846
Institution: Oklahoma State University
Project Director: Damona Doye (damona.doye@okstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
This project builds on existing programs with new content and...
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Providing Financial and Business Strategies to Oregon Fisherman to Manage Climate Variability Impacting their Markets
Award Amount: $2,000
Institution: LD Consulting, Inc.
Project Director: Kent FLEMING (kent.fleming@oregonstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2017 Exploratory Projects
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Reducing Marketing and Financial Risk thorough Data Analysis Pricing Using Cloud-Based Technology
Award Amount: $37,859
Institution: University of New Hampshire
Project Director: Seth Wilner (seth.wilner@unh.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
This project addresses the risks farmers face
through lack of data...
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Risk Assessment and Management Education for Dairy Producers in the Western Region
Award Amount: $37,073
Institution: Regents of the University of Idaho
Project Director: Hernan Tejeda (htejeda@uidaho.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
This project addresses risk management education topics covering
production risk, marketing...
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Risk management for current and potential users of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), an emerging technology
Award Amount: $37,906
Institution: Univ. of Ark. System CES
Project Director: James Robbins (jrobbins@uaex.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
This project involves the development and implementation of risk-based trainings...
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Risk Management Education for Limited Resource and Socially Disadvantaged Producers in Strike-Force Communities in Alabama
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: AAMU Small Farms Research Center
Project Director: Duncan M Chembezi (duncan.chembezi@aamu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
AAMU, an 1890 land-grant and historically black university, seeks funding...
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Risk Management for Hawaii Women Farmers
Award Amount: $48,801
Institution: Oahu Resource Conservation and Dev Council
Project Director: Jean Brokish (jean.brokish@oahurcd.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
Oahu RC&D will
host a series of four workshops across Hawaii...
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Risk Management Mentoring and Education Program for Veteran Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
Award Amount: $37,674
Institution: Spokane Conservation District
Project Director: Vicki Carter (vicki-carter@sccd.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
This project will prepare farmer and rancher mentors to train...
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Risk Management Training for Latino Farmers of Specialty Crops in Oregon
Award Amount: $48,653
Institution: Adelante Mujeres
Project Director: Alejandro Tecum (atecum@adelantemujeres.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
Lead applicant Adelante Mujeres will
ensure that Latino producers of specialty...
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Risk Perception on the Family Farm
Award Amount: $2,000
Institution: University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Project Director: Debra Kantor (debra.kantor@maine.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2017 Exploratory Projects ($2,000 maximum)
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So You've Inherited a Farm, Now What?
Award Amount: $18,726
Institution: Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Project Director: Jim Jansen (jjansen4@unl.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
The purpose of this project will be to address the...
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Southeast Cattle Handling for Women Producers:
Advanced BQA Training and Farm Safety
Award Amount: $49,998
Institution: North Carolina State University
Project Director: Matt Poore (matt_poore@ncsu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
The Southeast Women's Cattle Handling program is designed to promote
self-confidence...
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Southern Agricultural Lease Education Program (Part 2)
Award Amount: $23,308
Institution: Texas A&M Agrilife Extension
Project Director: Tiffany Dowell Lashmet (tdowell@tamu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
Building on the successful programs and overwhelmingly positive evaluation results...
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Sustainable Hawaii Avocado Production for Market Expansion
Award Amount: $27,899
Institution: University of Hawaii Office of Research Services
Project Director: Alyssa Cho (acho@hawaii.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
This project addresses the production and economic risks associated
with product...
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Tools for Managing and Mitigating Risks in Produce and Preserved Products using a Multidisciplinary Workshop Focused on Food Safety, Financial Recordkeeping, Business Practices and Strategies for Mississippi Producers and Processors
Award Amount: $48,922
Institution: Mississippi State University
Project Director: Courtney Crist (cac400@msstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
This comprehensive and multidisciplinary project addresses
food safety and business development...
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Weather Ready Farms certification program development
Award Amount: $1,309
Institution: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Project Director: Ashley Mueller (ashley.mueller@unl.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2017 Exploratory Projects ($3,000 maximum)
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Whole Farm Risk Management Tours for Iowa Women in Ag
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: Iowa State University
Project Director: Madeline Schultz (schultz@iastate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2017 Education Projects
Summary
Several women's peer groups have grown out of Annie’s Project...
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