Addressing Common Pain Points in Risk Management for the Small Independent Virginia Farmer
Award Amount: $49,551
Institution: Local Food Hub
Project Director: Stasia Greenewalt (stasia@localfoodhub.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Education Projects
Summary
This project addresses two risks that threaten the economic viability...
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Demystifying Risk and Facilitating Participation in Crop Insurance and Federal Programs by Minority-Owned Diversified Farms in Black Belt Alabama
Award Amount: $100,000
Institution: RURAL SOUTH INSTITUTE
Project Director: Duncan M. Chembezi (ruralsouthinstitute@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance
Summary
Federal crop insurance participation for Alabama producers is remarkably low....
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Develop and deliver on-farm food safety risk management programs for farmworkers to address food safety liability and meet federal and market-driven food safety requirements
Award Amount: $49,931
Institution: School of Nutrition and Food Sciences
Project Director: Achyut Adhikari (acadhikari@agcenter.lsu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Education Projects
Summary
The overall goal of this project is to
develop food safety...
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Development of ‘Horse Basics’ online course for horse operation managers and owners
Award Amount: $48,884
Institution: Auburn University/Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Project Director: Leanne Dillard (dillasa@auburn.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Education Projects
Summary
This project seeks to improve access to forage and equine...
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Direct Market Farming: A Guide to Getting Started
Award Amount: $40,869
Institution: Farmers Assisting Returning Military
Project Director: Hyiat El-Jundi (hyiat@farmvet.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Education Projects
Summary
"Direct Market Farming: A Guide to Getting Started" will develop...
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Directly reducing legal risks in farm labor arrangements, while creating long-term resilience.
Award Amount: $47,475
Institution: Farm Commons, Inc.
Project Director: Chloe Johnson (chloe@farmcommons.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Education Projects
Summary
Through this project, 220 farmers in the Southern Center region...
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Employing Peer Advisory Groups to implement new business risk management strategies.
Award Amount: $46,708
Institution: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Project Director: Francisco Abello (fjabello@tamu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Education Projects
Summary
This project addresses the production risk associated with
the transition into...
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Improving Risk Management for a Diversity of Texas Agricultural Producers, 2022-23
Award Amount: $99,005
Institution: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Project Director: Steven Klose (sklose@tamu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance
Summary
Fluctuating commodity prices, rising input costs, threats of inflation, and...
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Innovative Value-Added Agricultural Program for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Veterans
Award Amount: $99,162
Institution: Alabama A&M University
Project Director: E'licia Chaverest (elicia.chaverest@aamu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance
Summary
Alabama A&M University (AAMU) Small Farms Research Center (SFRC) project...
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Integrating Risk and Marketing Management Strategies for Socially Disadvantaged, Limited Resource, and Native American Farmers and Ranchers in Oklahoma
Award Amount: $97,700
Institution: National Crop Insurance Services
Project Director: Laurence Crane (laurencec@ag-risk.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance
Summary
Applied education consisting of sequential workshops, supplemented by personal assignments,...
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Leveraging Online Courses for In-Person Learning
Award Amount: $4,579
Institution: Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
Project Director: Frances Bayne (frankie@tofga.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Exploratory Project
Summary
"Leveraging Online Courses for In-Person Learning" will utilize existing online...
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Managing Marketing and Financial Risk in Dairy Farming Systems of the Southern Region
Award Amount: $47,895
Institution: Virginia Tech
Project Director: Gonzalo FERREIRA (gonf@vt.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Education Projects
Summary
The number of dairy farms in the Southern region has...
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Managing production, marketing and financial risks in specialty crops
Award Amount: $49,071
Institution: East Arkansas Enterprise Community, Inc
Project Director: Robert Cole (eaec@sbcglobal.net)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Education Projects
Summary
This project will educate specialty crop producers the use of...
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Managing Risks through Retained Ownership and Marketing of Beef Cattle
Award Amount: $49,997
Institution: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Project Director: Jason Smith (jason.smith@ag.tamu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Education Projects
Summary
One of the top questions Texas A&M AgriLife Faculty received...
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Mitigating Farm Stresses: A Workshop on Personal Well-Being
Award Amount: $47,057
Institution: AgSafe
Project Director: Natalie Gupton (natalie@agsafe.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Education Projects
Summary
Mitigating Farm Stress: A Workshop on Personal Well-Being is
an in-person...
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Mitigating Risks in cost sharing machinery and labor in small vineyards in the Southern United States
Award Amount: $46,138
Institution: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Project Director: Frances Pontasch (fmpontasch@tamu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Education Projects
Summary
Small vineyard grape producers seek mechanization to
address a chronic labor...
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Mitigating Risks to Enhance Profitability and Economic Viability of Historically Underserved Producers
Award Amount: $37,995
Institution: Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
Project Director: Karen McSwain (karen@carolinafarmstewards.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance
Summary
This project will address the financial risks of farmers underserved...
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Oklahoma Cattlewomen's Cow/Calf Boot Camp
Award Amount: $30,754
Institution: Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service
Project Director: JJ Jones (jj.jones@okstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Education Projects
Summary
The Oklahoma
Cattlewomen’s Cow/Calf Boot Camp is a project that combines...
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Reducing Production Risks for Limited Resource Farmers in the ArkLaTex Region
Award Amount: $49,691
Institution: National Center for Appropriate Technology
Project Director: Justin Duncan (justind@ncat.org)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Education Projects
Summary
(i) Risks addressed: This
project falls within the Standard Education...
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Risk Management and Emergency Preparedness in Puerto Rico, Phase II
Award Amount: $99,999
Institution: University of Puero Rico at Mayagüez
Project Director: Alexandra Gregory (alexandra.gregory@upr.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance
Summary
Farmers and ranchers (F&R) in the Caribbean need to manage...
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Risk minimization for beekeepers
Award Amount: $40,028
Institution: Oklahoma State University
Project Director: Courtney Bir (courtney.bir@okstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Education Projects
Summary
This project will cover the risk management topics of production...
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Specialty Crop Risk Reduction Through Grower Education
Award Amount: $5,000
Institution: Oklahoma and Arkansas Horticulture Industries Show
Project Director: Carolyn Lewis (calewis@uark.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Exploratory Project
Summary
Producers of specialty
crops are susceptible to a wide range of...
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The Application of Risk Management Education to Increase Undeserved Producers' Adoption of Federal Crop Insurance Programs.
Award Amount: $99,876
Institution: Farmers Outreach Solutions, Inc.
Project Director: Osei Yeboah (oyeboah@ncat.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance
Summary
The purpose of this application is through partnerships with universities,...
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Underserved producers in the Arkansas Delta implement the use of crop insurance to reduce financial and production risks
Award Amount: $99,781
Institution: East Arkansas Enterprise Community, Inc
Project Director: Robert Cole (eaec@sbcglobal.net)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2022 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance
Summary
This project will deliver risk management education to agriculture producers...
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