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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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