The North Central Risk Management Education Center (NCRMEC) recently awarded over $700,000 in funding to 16 project directors to develop Extension risk management education programs for producers. The funding year begins July 1, 2014 and ends June 30, 2015.
“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, NCRMEC Program Director. In 2014, project directors are from eight north central universities and four non-profit organizations. In addition to the RME awards, seven projects were also funded for $3,000 each to explore needs for future programing.
For the 12th straight year, the Extension Risk Management Education program has awarded grants for projects that teach farmers and ranchers the tools they need to address the uncertainties in farm income. Funding decisions are made by an Advisory Council of peers in the agricultural risk management field.
The Extension Risk Management Education Program is funded by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and has been hosted by the University of Nebraska Lincoln Department of Agricultural Economics and UNL Extension since 2001.
For more information and to see a full listing of funding recipients and their projects, go to http://www.ncrme.org.
Source: Cheryl Griffith, Communications Specialist, North Central Risk Management Education Center, 402-472-0079, cgriffith2@unl.edu.