Aging Strong: Supporting Farmers to Manage Risk through Ergonomic Education
Award Amount: $74,984
Institution: Renewing the Countryside
Project Director: Jan Joannides (jan@rtcinfo.org)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2025 Education Projects
Summary
This
project targets farmers to increase their ability to manage
risk through...
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Alleviating Thermal Stress in Orchards: The Role of Reflective Ground Covers in Fruit Color Development
Award Amount: $53,364
Institution: The Pennsylvania State University
Project Director: Shanthanu Krishna Kumar (szk6480@psu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2025 Education Projects ($75,000 maximum)
Summary
Fruit quality in tree fruit production is increasingly threatened by...
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Assessing the Risks of Using Compost as a Soil Amendment for Southern Tomato Producers
Award Amount: $9,939
Institution: University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
Project Director: Matthew Bertucci (bertucci@uark.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2025 Education Projects
Summary
This
exploratory project will characterize the use of compost as a...
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Assessing the Risks of Using Compost as a Soil Amendment for Southern Tomato Producers
Award Amount: $9,939
Institution: University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
Project Director: Matthew Bertucci (bertucci@uark.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2025 Exploratory Projects
Summary
This exploratory project will characterize the use of compost as...
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Assistance to Improve Access for Farm Safety Net Programs
Award Amount: $99,934
Institution: Michigan Food and Farming Systems
Project Director: Jennifer Silveri (jen@miffs.org)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2025 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance Projects
Summary
This project addresses production, market, financial, and legal risk management...
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Building Small Grower Capacity & Knowledge with Strategic Assessments & Solutions
Award Amount: $72,090
Institution: United Way of Northeast Michigan
Project Director: John Fisk (jwfisk@gmail.com)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2025 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance Projects
Summary
The agri-food initiatives in NEMI are attracting attention and resources...
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Building Year Round Resilience
Award Amount: $73,849
Institution: UVM Ext. Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Project Director: Suzy Hodgson (suzy.hodgson@uvm.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2025 Education Projects ($75,000 maximum)
Summary
Variable extreme weather conditions continued in 2024 with Vermont experiencing...
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Cleburne and Independence Counties Boot Camp for Cattlewomen
Award Amount: $35,378
Institution: University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service - Cleburne County
Project Director: Amy Heck (aheck@uada.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Southern ERME - 2025 Education Projects
Summary
The Cleburne and Independence Counties Bootcamp for Cattlewomen is designed...
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Climate Resiliency and Emergency Preparedness for the Catskills-Hudson Valley Region
Award Amount: $75,000
Institution: Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County
Project Director: Melinda Meddaugh (mm2592@cornell.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2025 Education Projects ($75,000 maximum)
Summary
The project
will deliver educational and technical assistance on production and...
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Climate Stress and Grief: Building Resilience with NH Farmers
Award Amount: $9,942
Institution: University of New Hampshire
Project Director: Olivia Saunders (olivia.saunders@unh.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2025 Exploratory Projects ($10,000 maximum)
Summary
This project
will address human risks associated with farming and mental...
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Creating Active-Learning, Grab n' Go Pesticide Safety Education Modules and Toolkits
Award Amount: $74,996
Institution: Cornell University
Project Director: Elizabeth Buck (emb273@cornell.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2025 Education Projects ($75,000 maximum)
Summary
Formal
pesticide training is not required to apply pesticides in private...
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Creating Grain Marketing Plans using the Agricultural Budget Calculator (ABC) Program
Award Amount: $74,506
Institution: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Project Director: Glennis McClure (gmcclure3@unl.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2025 Education Projects
Summary
The
University of Nebraska-Lincoln developed the Agricultural Budget
Calculator (ABC) program to...
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Crisis Management for Smart Farming Systems on Iowa Farms
Award Amount: $75,000
Institution: Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Project Director: Ryan Drollette (drollett@iastate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2025 Education Projects
Summary
Iowa farmers are moving towards more smart farming
technologies that rely...
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Crop Insurance Strategies for Specialty Crop Growers in MA
Award Amount: $99,277
Institution: UMass Extension
Project Director: Lisa McKeag (lmckeag@umass.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2025 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance Projects ($100,000)
Summary
Massachusetts (MA) production of specialty crops relies on a highly...
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Dusts and Pests: Risk Management of Neonicotinoid Treated Seeds
Award Amount: $74,889
Institution: University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
Project Director: Heather Darby (heather.darby@uvm.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2025 Education Projects ($75,000 maximum)
Summary
This project will address the risk management area of
production risk...
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Estate and Succession Planning in Maryland: Developing Resources to Help A New Generation
Award Amount: $75,000
Institution: University of Maryland, College Park
Project Director: Paul Goeringer (lgoering@umd.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2025 Education Projects ($75,000 maximum)
Summary
Extension has a history of providing workshops on retirement and...
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Exploring H2A Farm Labor in the Mid-Atlantic Region
Award Amount: $56,673
Institution: University of Delaware
Project Director: Nathaniel Bruce (nsbruce@udel.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2025 Education Projects ($75,000 maximum)
Summary
The national farm labor shortage issue has become more prevalent...
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Exploring the Feasibility of Alternative Crop Insurance Policy Opportunities for Producers
Award Amount: $9,927
Institution: University of Nebraska
Project Director: Cory Walters (cwalters7@unl.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2025 Exploratory Projects
Summary
Over the past three decades the Federal Crop Insurance Program...
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Farm Legacy: Navigating Human Risk in Succession
Award Amount: $74,031
Institution: University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Project Director: Leslie Forstadt (leslie.forstadt@maine.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2025 Education Projects ($75,000 maximum)
Summary
Farm Legacy: Navigating Human Risk in Succession addresses farm vitality...
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Farm Shield: Protecting Your Legacy from Life’s Uncertainties
Award Amount: $74,979
Institution: Purdue University
Project Director: R. Mathias Ingle (rmingle@purdue.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2025 Education Projects
Summary
Farm Shield: Protecting
Your Legacy from Life’s Uncertainties is a comprehensive...
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Farm Transition Retreats and Resources
Award Amount: $68,887
Institution: Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Project Director: Jim Ostlie (jim.ostlie@state.mn.us)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2025 Education Projects
Summary
This Minnesota Education project addresses a nationally emerging
issue: the aging...
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Financial Management for Farm Families
Award Amount: $9,818
Institution: SDSU Extension
Project Director: Lorna Saboe-Wounded Head (lorna.woundedhead@sdstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2025 Exploratory Projects
Summary
In 2021, Extension personnel from six states
interviewed farmers and farm...
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Financial Management for Farm Families
Award Amount: $9,965
Institution: University of Maryland
Project Director: Catherine Sorenson (cjrsoren@umd.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2025 Exploratory Projects ($10,000 maximum)
Summary
In 2021, Extension personnel from six states interviewed farmers and...
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Financial Strategies for Effective Agricultural Land Leasing and Management
Award Amount: $47,101
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 - 2025 Education Projects
Summary
The purpose of this project will
be to address the decision-making...
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From Risk to Resilience: Producers and Insurance Education
Award Amount: $99,697
Institution: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Project Director: Jessica Groskopf (jgroskopf2@unl.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2025 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance Projects
Summary
This grant application seeks to
support 500 producers in Nebraska, with...
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Growing Resilience: Helping Midwest Vegetable Producers Reduce Risk and Improve Farm Viability
Award Amount: $90,619
Institution: American Farmland Trust
Project Director: Marlee Giacometti (mgiacometti@farmland.org)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2025 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance Projects
Summary
American
Farmland Trust’s (AFT) proposed project “Growing Resilience: Helping Midwest
Vegetable Producers...
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Growing the Farm Business and Weeding Out Risk for New and Beginning Farmers
Award Amount: $93,454
Institution: PA Farm Link
Project Director: Allie Staley (astaley@pafarmlink.org)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2025 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance Projects ($100,000)
Summary
2022 USDA Census of
Agriculture reports 24,448 new and beginning farmers...
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Harvest at Home: A guide to at home processing of beef and pork
Award Amount: $9,976
Institution: South Dakota State University
Project Director: Christina Bakker (christina.bakker@sdstate.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2025 Exploratory Projects
Summary
This project will address the risk management
education topics of diversification,...
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Improving Dairy and Livestock Farm Viability through Cohort-Led Value-Added Education
Award Amount: $59,213
Institution: The University of New Hampshire
Project Director: Sarah Allen (sarah.allen@unh.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2025 Education Projects ($75,000 maximum)
Summary
Recently, interest in value-added production has increased
as a way for...
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Improving Production Outcomes and Reducing Parasite Resistance in Small Ruminants in Southwest New York Using Targeted Deworming Strategies
Award Amount: $73,538
Institution: Cornell University
Project Director: Amy Barkley (amb544@cornell.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2025 Education Projects ($75,000 maximum)
Summary
One of the most challenging and financially impactful
aspects of raising...
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Networks to Reduce Risk: Annie's Project Builds Viable Farms in Urban and Rural NJ
Award Amount: $66,375
Institution: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Project Director: Kate Brown (kbrown@njaes.rutgers.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2025 Education Projects ($75,000 maximum)
Summary
How can the diverse
needs of new and experienced farmers in...
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Normalizing Farm Financials to Assess Risks and Evaluate Opportunities
Award Amount: $73,939
Institution: Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
Project Director: Ryan Dennett (rdennett@mofga.org)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2025 Education Projects ($75,000 maximum)
Summary
Our proposal strives to normalize farm financials, meaning we aim...
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Overcoming barriers to successful farm transitions: addressing emotional and identity-related barriers
Award Amount: $74,943
Institution: Foxhead Regenerative Agriculture Project
Project Director: Shelly Rothman (shelly@foxheadag.org)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2025 Education Projects
Summary
This project will improve overall farm viability by addressing often-neglected...
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Reducing Human and Legal Risks with Progressive Employee Discipline Systems on New York Fruit Farms
Award Amount: $40,508
Institution: Cornell University
Project Director: Bonalyn Nelsen (bjn2@cornell.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2025 Education Projects ($75,000 maximum)
Summary
This project addresses human and legal risks faced by New
York...
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Reducing producer risk through improved understanding of honeyberry (Lonicera caerulea) as an emerging crop in southeast Wisconsin
Award Amount: $9,987
Institution: The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Project Director: Ann Kowenstrot (kowenstrot@wisc.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2025 Exploratory Projects
Summary
Crop diversification is an important component of a healthy agricultural...
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Reducing Risk to New Farmers and Farm Workers through Innovative Tractor and Equipment Safety Training
Award Amount: $67,074
Institution: University of Maine System acting through Univ. of Maine
Project Director: Rachel White (rachel@maine.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2025 Education Projects ($75,000 maximum)
Summary
Farming is one of the most dangerous industries, in terms...
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Resilience in a Tight Labor Market: Farm Manager Training to Build a Skilled, Engaged, and Committed Crew
Award Amount: $74,912
Institution: CISA (Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture)
Project Director: Margaret Christie (margaret@buylocalfood.org)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2025 Education Projects ($75,000 maximum)
Summary
This project will provide farm managers at diversified specialty crop...
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Risk Management Education and Tools for Sustainable Forage Production
Award Amount: $100,000
Institution: Kansas State University
Project Director: Jennifer Ifft (jifft@ksu.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2025 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance Projects
Summary
This project will reach over 2,000 Kansas forage producers, especially...
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Securing the Future: Legal Audits for Farm Families and Agricultural Success
Award Amount: $75,000
Institution: Purdue University
Project Director: Renee Wiatt (reneewiatt@purdue.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2025 Education Projects
Summary
The project proposed by our team aims to prepare Indiana...
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Strengthening Legal and Business Resilience for Small Specialty Crop Producers in Iowa and the Region
Award Amount: $100,000
Institution: Lutheran Services in Iowa (LSI)
Project Director: Nicholas Wuertz (nicholas.wuertz@lsiowa.org)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2025 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance Projects
Summary
Vegetable and other specialty crop producers in Iowa and the...
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Supporting Beginning and Specialty Crop Producers to Navigate Employment Risks
Award Amount: $100,000
Institution: Trustees of Tufts College for its New Entry Sustainable Farming Project
Project Director: Jennifer Hashley (jennifer.hashley@tufts.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2025 Producers Underserved by Crop Insurance Projects ($100,000)
Summary
Agricultural producers face challenges related to employment risks, compliance with...
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Supporting Farm Families in Divorce: Needs Assessment
Award Amount: $9,954
Institution: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Project Director: Linda Reddish (linda.reddish@unl.edu)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2025 Exploratory Projects
Summary
This
project aims to assess the unique challenges faced by farm...
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Supporting Safe and Viable Multilingual Dairy Farms through Language Learning and Workplace Norms Training
Award Amount: $74,439
Institution: University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
Project Director: Esbey Hamilton (esbey.hamilton@uvm.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2025 Education Projects ($75,000 maximum)
Summary
This project will address the area of human
risk through addressing...
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Supporting Specialty Crop Farmers to Increase Climate Resilience Through Strategic Partnerships and Peer-to-Peer Learning
Award Amount: $73,956
Institution: Land Stewardship Project
Project Director: Nick Olson (nicko@landstewardshipproject.org)
Funding Opportunity: North Central ERME - 2025 Education Projects
Summary
The project Supporting Specialty Crop Farmers to Increase Climate Resilience...
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Test - NERME - Exploratory
Award Amount: $10,000
Institution: University of Delaware
Project Director: Michelle McCullough (mmccull@udel.edu)
Funding Opportunity: Northeast ERME - 2025 Exploratory Projects ($10,000 maximum)
Summary
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