2019 Farm Bill / Risk Management Education and Decision Tool
Award Amount: $41,957
Institution: Oklahoma State University
Project Director: Amy Hagerman (amy.hagerman@okstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
One of the primary risk management
tools available to agricultural producers...
More
|
2019 West Virginia Farmer Tax Education Outreach Program
Award Amount: $37,590
Institution: WVU- Extension Service
Project Director: Lisa Jones (llagana@mail.wvu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
This project will help small farm producers manage financial risks...
More
|
Alabama Specialty Crop Budget Education
Award Amount: $38,192
Institution: Alabama Cooperative Extension System - Kevin Burkett
Project Director: Jessica Kelton (keltoja@auburn.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
Enterprise budgets are an important tool for beginning, mid-level and...
More
|
Analyzing Contributions of Enterprises Diversification or Adjustments within Enterprises to Farm Profitability for South Central Utah Beginning and Progressing Farmers and Ranchers
Award Amount: $49,714
Institution: Snow College
Project Director: Jay Olsen (jay.olsen@snow.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
Building on participants' previously acquired knowledge of
financial record keeping and...
More
|
Annie’s Project: Farming in New Jersey’s Cities and the Urban Fringe
Award Amount: $39,700
Institution: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Project Director: Robin Brumfield (brumfiel@njaes.rutgers.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
New Jersey is heavily urbanized,
with 92.2 percent of its population...
More
|
Bilingual Food Safety Training for Southeast Asian and Latino Small-Scale Farms
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
Project Director: Ruth Dahlquist-Willard (rdahlquistwillard@ucanr.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
This project will address the legal risk that small-scale farmers...
More
|
Bringing Animal Manure & Mortality Risk Management Classes Alive with Virtual Reality Field Tour Technology
Award Amount: $49,622
Institution: Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University
Project Director: Zong Liu (zongliu@tamu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
This project aims to develop risk-based training of manure and...
More
|
Building farm resilience: on-farm leadership development and human resources training
Award Amount: $31,110
Institution: Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture, Inc. (CISA)
Project Director: Kelly Coleman (kelly@buylocalfood.org)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
This
project will provide farmers in western Massachusetts with tools and...
More
|
Building Resiliency and Reducing Producer Risk through Improved Soil Health and Water Management
Award Amount: $30,420
Institution: ShoreRivers
Project Director: Laura Wood (lwood@shorerivers.org)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
This project addresses the production risks related to degrading soil...
More
|
California Farmers Build Fire Resilience
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: Rhizobia
Project Director: Natalia Pinzon Jimenez (natalia@nataliapinzon.com)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
The size, longevity and intensity of wildfires is rapidly increasing...
More
|
Carbon Farming in Hawaii - Producer Perspectives
Award Amount: $2,000
Institution: Oahu Resource Conservation and Development Council
Project Director: Jean Brokish (jean.brokish@oahurcd.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2019 Exploratory Projects
Summary
With recent global attention to the effects
of climate change, particularly...
More
|
ComMoonity: Network-based Q&A App for Robotic Milking Farmers
Award Amount: $49,548
Institution: University of Minnesota
Project Director: Kota Minegishi (kota@umn.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
As U.S. dairy
production continues to consolidate, the viability of many...
More
|
Dairy Goat Industry in Iowa - Addressing Needs and $!
Award Amount: $3,000
Institution: Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Project Director: Jennifer Bentley (jbentley@iastate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2019 Exploratory Projects ($3,000 maximum)
Summary
With dairy goat inventories and interests rising in Iowa and...
More
|
Dairy Risk Management Education for North Carolina & the Southeast
Award Amount: $17,446
Institution: North Carolina State University
Project Director: Brittany Whitmire (bfwhitmi@ncsu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
Dairy farms across the country have struggled with low milk
prices,...
More
|
Develop a catalogue of solutions for addressing risks associated with scaling up fruit and vegetable production to sell to Frederick County Public Schools
Award Amount: $3,500
Institution: Community FARE
Project Director: Janice Wiles (frederickfoodhub@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2019 Exploratory Projects ($3,500 maximum)
Summary
In early 2019 our Project Team will partner with the...
More
|
Developing Marketing Plans and Strategies for Socially Disadvantaged, Limited Resource, and Native American Farmers and Ranchers in Oklahoma
Award Amount: $47,734
Institution: National Crop Insurance Services
Project Director: Laurence Crane (laurencec@ag-risk.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
This project is designed to enable
small, limited resource, socially disadvantaged,...
More
|
Developing Preventative Food Safety and Biosecurity Risk Management Education Programs for the Georgia Pasture Poultry Growers
Award Amount: $48,999
Institution: University of Georgia
Project Director: Anand Mohan (anandmohan@uga.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
Locally grown pasture poultry and small outlet type retail food...
More
|
Educating Produce Growers & Workers in the Farm Food Safety Aspects of Efficient Reasonable Cleaning of Wash-Line Equipment
Award Amount: $44,267
Institution: Cornell University - Office of Sponsored Programs
Project Director: Robert Hadad (rgh26@cornell.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
The project addresses risks
facing produce growers concerning farm food safety....
More
|
Exploring the Need for Cooperative Education in Addressing the Dairy Crisis
Award Amount: $3,000
Institution: The Learning Connection
Project Director: Kristine Ranger (kristine@knowledgenavigators.com)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2019 Exploratory Projects ($3,000 maximum)
Summary
As of October 1st, Michigan has lost almost 150 dairy...
More
|
Farm and Ranch Estate and Transition Planning in Southwest Montana
Award Amount: $44,268
Institution: Montana State University Extension, Park County
Project Director: Tracy Mosley (tmosley@montana.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
This project addresses human and legal risks associated
with farm and...
More
|
Farm Bill Risk Management Workshops for Ohio Producers
Award Amount: $49,966
Institution: The Ohio State University
Project Director: Chris Zoller (zoller.1@osu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
The proposed project addresses production, financial and legal risk management...
More
|
Farm Financial Skills for Kansas Women in Agriculture-A statewide program to address financial risk amid a struggling farm economy
Award Amount: $49,866
Institution: Kansas State University
Project Director: Roberta (Robin) Reid (robinreid@ksu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
According to USDA, there are 25,611 women producers in Kansas...
More
|
Farm Transition and Estate Planning: Create Your Farm Legacy Retreats and Interactive Workshops
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: University of Minnesota Extension
Project Director: Megan Roberts (meganr@umn.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
Several organizations in Minnesota
have formed a new partnership to more...
More
|
Farming Together: Enhancing Your Worth as a Farm Business Partner
Award Amount: $41,628
Institution: Purdue University - Purdue Extension - Putnam County
Project Director: Jenna Nees (smith535@purdue.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
“Farming Together: Enhancing Your
Worth as a Farm Business Partner” will...
More
|
Financial Check-Ups for Farmers’ Market-Plus-Wholesale Vendors
Award Amount: $49,729
Institution: Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture
Project Director: Helene Murray (misamail@umn.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
This
project will cover marketing risk and financial risk for farmers’...
More
|
Hands-on Educational Workshops to Improve Risk Management and Financial Decision-Making for Dairy Farmers in the Western Region
Award Amount: $49,998
Institution: Regents of the University of Idaho
Project Director: Hernan Tejeda (htejeda@uidaho.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
This project addresses
risk management education topics by covering areas in...
More
|
How to get $4 corn
Award Amount: $49,985
Institution: University of Minnesota
Project Director: Edward Usset (usset001@umn.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
With prices low and margins tight, grain marketing
strategies and decisions...
More
|
Improving Marketing Risk Management Skills: Combining In-Person and Online Educational Delivery
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: Purdue University
Project Director: Nathan Thompson (thomp530@purdue.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
Producers
need a better understanding of available marketing tools and how...
More
|
Increasing the Profitability of Missouri Crop Farmers through Improved Marketing Strategies
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: University of Missouri
Project Director: John Kruse (krusej@missouri.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
This
project would focus helping producers develop and implement marketing plans...
More
|
Interactive Budget Pilot Program
Award Amount: $3,000
Institution: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Project Director: Glennis McClure (gmcclure3@unl.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2019 Exploratory Projects ($3,000 maximum)
Summary
The “Interactive Budgets Pilot Program” grant will assess the usability...
More
|
Investigation of DroneDeploy as an option to create Plant Health data
Award Amount: $1,344
Institution: Marathon County UW-Extension
Project Director: Heather Schlesser (heather.schlesser@ces.uwex.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2019 Exploratory Projects ($3,000 maximum)
Summary
This
project will evaluate the use of drones on Marathon County...
More
|
Labor Considerations for Scaling Up Production: H-2A Decision Tool
Award Amount: $49,624
Institution: AgSafe
Project Director: Theresa Kiehn (theresa@agsafe.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
The
AgSafe Labor Considerations for Scaling Up Production: H-2A Decision
Tool is...
More
|
Land Leasing: Integrating Behavioral Economics into Leasing Education
Award Amount: $3,000
Institution: University of Missouri
Project Director: Ray Massey (masseyr@missouri.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2019 Exploratory Projects ($3,000 maximum)
Summary
This project will allow Ray Massey (MU) and Mykel Taylor...
More
|
Livestock Traceability: Assisting Ranchers in the Employment of Technologies to Improve Record Keeping, Productivity & Add Value to the Operation
Award Amount: $48,035
Institution: California Cattlemen's Association
Project Director: Kirk Wilbur (kirk@calcattlemen.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
The project seeks to educate and assist ranchers in employing...
More
|
Making It Happen: Profitability & Success 2020 (MIH2020)
Award Amount: $21,986
Institution: TSNE-The Carrot Project
Project Director: Julia Grigg (jgrigg@thecarrotproject.org)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
Making It Happen 2020 is an outcome-based risk management training...
More
|
Malting Barley Production: Reducing the Risks of a New Market in the North Central Region
Award Amount: $49,260
Institution: The Ohio State University
Project Director: Laura Lindsey (lindsey.233@osu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
This project will address production,
marketing, and financial risk management for...
More
|
Managing Agricultural Land in 2020 and Beyond
Award Amount: $26,073
Institution: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Project Director: Jim Jansen (jjansen4@unl.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
The purpose of this project will be to address the...
More
|
Managing Marketing and Business Risks for Urban and Non-Traditional Farmers
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: Prairie View A&M University
Project Director: Nelson Daniels (ndaniels@ag.tamu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
The Managing Marketing and Business Risks for Urban and
Non-Traditional Farmers...
More
|
Managing Risk by Improving Farm Business Management Skills
Award Amount: $38,709
Institution: The University of Tennessee
Project Director: Wendell Pepper (hal.pepper@utk.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
The Managing Risk
by Improving Farm Business Management Skills multi-state project...
More
|
Mental Health Issues for Farmers, Their Families, and Their Communities
Award Amount: $47,810
Institution: Oklahoma State University
Project Director: Shannon Ferrell (shannon.l.ferrell@okstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
Financial stress in the U.S. agricultural
sector stirs apprehension that trends...
More
|
Montana Master Cattle Producer's Program
Award Amount: $28,897
Institution: Montana State University
Project Director: Megan Van Emon (megan.vanemon@montana.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
The overall goal of the Montana Master Cattle Producer
program is...
More
|
Navajo Agriculture and Natural Resources Sustainability Project
Award Amount: $29,778
Institution: New Mexico State University
Project Director: Michael Patrick (jmpat@nmsu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
The
proposed project will seek to increase the profitability and sustainability...
More
|
Nudge to Insure: Exploring Behavioral Economics in Risk Management Education
Award Amount: $5,000
Institution: Auburn University
Project Director: Brittney Goodrich (bkg0007@auburn.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2019 Exploratory Projects ($5,000 maximum)
Summary
This proposal will
fund efforts to assemble tools from behavioral economics...
More
|
Nudge to Insure: Exploring Behavioral Economics in Risk Management Education
Award Amount: $3,500
Institution: University of Delaware
Project Director: Kelly Davidson (kade@udel.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2019 Exploratory Projects ($3,500 maximum)
Summary
This proposal will fund efforts to assemble tools from behavioral...
More
|
Pennsylvania Farmstead Dairy Products Marketing Baseline Survey
Award Amount: $2,782
Institution: Office of Sponsored Programs
Project Director: Sarah Cornelisse (sar243@psu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2019 Exploratory Projects ($3,500 maximum)
Summary
This project consists of conducting a baseline "state
of the industry"...
More
|
Pollinator Protection and Risk Reduction Through Grower Education
Award Amount: $5,000
Institution: Horticulture Industries Society
Project Director: Cathy Hersom (hortindustriesshow@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2019 Exploratory Projects ($5,000 maximum)
Summary
Protecting native and managed pollinators will be key to reducing...
More
|
Prevention and Preparation: Mitigating and Minimizing Risks of Unforeseen Events through Equipping Producers and Processors with Communication, Economic, and Regulatory Food Safety Knowledge and Resources
Award Amount: $43,556
Institution: Mississippi State University
Project Director: Courtney Crist (cac400@msstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
This multidisciplinary workshop and project addresses food safety and business...
More
|
Profitable Pasture-Finished Beef Production
Award Amount: $48,759
Institution: University of Kentucky
Project Director: Greg Halich (greg.halich@uky.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
Demand for pasture-finished beef has grown dramatically in
the past decade,...
More
|
Re-establishing Gardens to Increase Locally Grown Produce to Help Improve Health in the Hualapai Tribal Community
Award Amount: $2,000
Institution: University of Arizona Cooperative Extension
Project Director: Elisabeth Alden (aldene@cals.arizona.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2019 Exploratory Projects
Summary
In 2018, a community garden was re-established on the Hualapai
reservation....
More
|
Reducing Farmer Risk from Ticks and Tick Borne Diseases
Award Amount: $45,137
Institution: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chenango County
Project Director: Kenneth Smith (kas294@cornell.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
The project purpose is to reduce health and economic risks...
More
|
Reducing Financial Stress Through Market Diversification and Policy Awareness for Beef Producers in South Dakota
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: South Dakota State University, West River Ag Center
Project Director: Ken Olson (kenneth.olson@sdstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
Recent market volatility has created a new reality for beginning...
More
|
Reducing Human and Financial Risk for Beginning, Military Veteran, and Historically Underserved Farmers through Farm Stress, Wellness, and Safety Education
Award Amount: $48,404
Institution: Virginia Tech
Project Director: Kim Niewolny (niewolny@vt.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
This project aims to reduce human
and financial risk for Virgnia...
More
|
Reducing Producer Risk in the San Juan Islands Through Improved Forest Management
Award Amount: $49,777
Institution: Northwest Natural Resource Group
Project Director: Kirk Hanson (kirk@nnrg.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
Forest producers in San Juan County, WA face challenging conditions...
More
|
Risk and Profitability in Beef Production
Award Amount: $34,225
Institution: Utah State University
Project Director: Ryan Larsen (ryan.larsen@usu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
Utah Beef producers face multiple sources of
risk due to the...
More
|
Risk and Reward: Understanding Yield-Price Correlation to Make Better Marketing and Crop Insurance Decisions
Award Amount: $31,568
Institution: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Project Director: Jessica Groskopf (jgroskopf2@unl.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
Commodity marketing and crop
insurance contract advice often fails to highlight...
More
|
Risk Management Education for Forest Producers in SW Oregon: Addressing Climate Variability
Award Amount: $37,917
Institution: Oregon State University
Project Director: Max Bennett (max.bennett@oregonstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
This project
will enable new and established forest producers, including small...
More
|
Risk Management Education for Native American Farmers and Ranchers
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: Utah State University
Project Director: Ruby Ward (ruby.ward@usu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
This project will address the Native American (NA)
agricultural producers in...
More
|
Risk Management Strategies for Female Agritourism Operators in Pennsylvania
Award Amount: $27,300
Institution: Pennsylvania State University
Project Director: Claudia Schmidt (czs786@psu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
As small farms struggle to remain in
business, interest in diversifying...
More
|
Risk Management Strategies for Tennessee's Dairy Producers
Award Amount: $5,000
Institution: University of Tennessee
Project Director: Sreedhar Upendram (supendra@utk.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2019 Exploratory Projects ($5,000 maximum)
Summary
Dairy producers in Tennessee are faced with an overabundant
supply of...
More
|
Risk Management Workshops for Small-Scale Producers in Texas
Award Amount: $38,383
Institution: Council for Healthy Food Systems
Project Director: Judith McGeary (info@healthyfoodsystems.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
The
Council for Healthy Food Systems will produce and host 14...
More
|
Self-directed Marketing Approaches for Small Holder farms (SMASH)
Award Amount: $50,000
Institution: Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association
Project Director: Christopher Brown (chris@albafarmers.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
The
Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) proposes to deliver
intensive, land-based...
More
|
Skill Up! Utilizing Agritourism to Grow Farm Income
Award Amount: $49,809
Institution: Oahu Resource Conservation and Dev Council
Project Director: Dave Elliott (dave.elliott@oahurcd.org)
Funding Opportunity: Western ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
Oahu
RC&D will provide risk management information to a growing network...
More
|
Strategies for Success: Risk Management Education & Whole Farm Support of Beginning Farmers in the Southern Appalachians.
Award Amount: $48,802
Institution: Organic Growers School
Project Director: Cameron Farlow (cameron@organicgrowersschool.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
Organic Growers School will serve beginning, low resource, and sustainable...
More
|
Tackling Farm Succession Planning and Stress on the Farm
Award Amount: $36,177
Institution: Pennsylvania Farm Link, Inc.
Project Director: Darlene Livingston (daliving@pafarmlink.org)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2019 Education Projects
Summary
A multifaceted
approach will ensure high quality farm succession and farm...
More
|
Targeted Risk Management Training at the Carolina Meat Conference for New Meat Producers
Award Amount: $5,000
Institution: NC State University
Project Director: Sarah Blacklin (seblackl@ncsu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2019 Exploratory Projects ($5,000 maximum)
Summary
NC Choices (“NCC” described below)
proposes a half-day risk management track...
More
|