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Extension Risk Management Center Funds Projects
USAgNet - 04/23/2019
The North Central Extension Risk Management Education Center (NCERMEC) recently awarded over $597,000 in funding for 13 project directors to develop extension risk management education programs for producers.
For the 18th straight year, the Extension Risk Management Education program has awarded grants for projects that educate farmers and ranchers with tools they need to address the uncertainties in farm income and manage their risk. Funding decisions are
made by an advisory council of peers from the 12-state north central region who specialize in agricultural risk management. The funding year began April 1 and ends September 30, 2020.
"This funding will be used to develop and implement educational programming for agricultural producers addressing production, human resources, financial, legal and marketing risk," said Brad Lubben, NCERMEC program director. Project directors are from
north central universities and government as well as non-profit organizations. In addition to these ERME grants, five projects were each awarded $3,000 to explore needs for future programing.
The North Central Extension Risk Management Education Program is funded by USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture and has been hosted by the University of Nebraska--Lincoln Department of Agricultural Economics and Nebraska Extension
since 2001. The Center was funded for the first year of their recent three-year $3.3 million award. In addition to the North Central Center, ERME regional centers are located across the country at the University of Delaware (Northeast), the University of
Arkansas (Southern) and Washington State University (West).
Established in 2001, the Center funds results-based, producer-focused, competitive grants with funding from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). We are located at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Serving the states of Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; the Center provides funding annually for individual programs which directly benefit the agricultural producer through a competitive application
process.
For more information and to see a full listing of funding recipients and their projects, go to www.ncerme.org.
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