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Risk Management for Fruit Crops Through Prediction of Frost Conditions
States: AL, FL, GA, NC, SC |
University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. |
Gerritt Hoogenboom (770) 229-3438
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$249,898
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To develop an intelligence-based risk management system that will utilize short-term weather data to predict frost and reduce risk for horticultural crop producers, especially fruit crops, in the southeastern U.S. |
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Reducing Exposure to Drought Risk in Potato Production Systems
States: ID (may also be applicable to WA and OR) |
University of Idaho |
Jeffrey Stark (208) 529-8376
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$185,306 |
To develop a web-based software tool that can be used by potato growers, water managers and risk management personnel to reduce exposure to drought risk in potato cropping systems. |
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An Integrated Approach to Spatio-Temporal Models and Tools for Agricultural Risk Assessment and Exposure Analysis
States: All
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Board of Regents, University of Nebraska - Lincoln |
Steve Goddard (402) 472-9968
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$1,326,623 |
To develop web-based tools that provide spatial analysis and mapping; and to develop a series of risk education workshops for producers and educators |
Research of Labor Issues and Development of Labor Cooperatives as Operational Risk Management Tools for Limited Resource and Small Family Farms in Mississippi and Florida
States: FL, MS |
North-South Institute (NSI) |
Samuel Scott (954) 254-7620
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$153,450 |
The goal of this program is to establish two agricultural labor cooperatives that will serve as operational risk management tools for limited resource and small family farms in selected areas |
Risk Reduction for Specialty Crops in the Southeastern U.S.A.
States: AL, FL, GA |
University of Florida
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James Jones (352) 392-1864 ext. 289
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$499,969 |
To produce web-based products that provide climate forecast information to producers and to provide risk management decision aids for use in three specialty crop commodities and forestry |
An Organic Comparative Analysis Tool (OCAT) for Direct Marketing Strategies of Organic Commodities
States: AL, FL, GA, SC, TN |
Georgia Organics, Inc.
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Deidre Birmingham (770) 993-5534
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$158,473 |
To develop a OCAT for farmers, based on the results of an analysis of appropriate data, that will help them select the direct marketing strategies most appropriate for their situation |
Providing Risk Management Tools for Producers Who Diversify Into New or Specialty Crops
States: All |
Texas Tech University
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Jay McMillen (806) 742-3884
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$464,938 |
To develop and analyze a simulation model capable of examining the joint use of crop insurance, forward pricing, and the three USDA price risk protection programs (LDP, fixed payments, and counter-cyclical payments) in a multiple-crop context |
Research Partnership for Risk Management Development and Implementation: Addressing the Bioterrorism Threat to Agriculture
States: All |
Science Applications International Corporation (LSAIC)
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Florentino Pilar (703) 312-6077
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$308,334 |
To develop a better understanding of potential bioterrorist threats at different points in the food chain and the implications on the farming sector; develop interim solutions or actions; and develop insurance coverage against bioterrorist threats |
Feasibility and Development of Triticale Risk Insurance Product
States: IA, MI, WI |
AgriLogic, Inc.
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Joe Davis (979) 690-2106
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$454,143 |
To generate the necessary data and information to assist AgriLogic and RMA policymakers in analysis and evaluation of the insurance options for triticale |
Apiculture Insurance Product
States: All |
AgriLogic, Inc.
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Joe Davis (979) 690-2106 |
$1,228,639 |
To generate the necessary data and information to assist AgriLogic and RMA policymakers in analysis and evaluation of an insurance program for apiculture |
Use of Weather Station Data to Create Yield Insurance Products for Underserved Crops
States: All |
Iowa State University
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Dermt Hayes (515) 294-6185
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$244,188 |
To conduct basic research in economics and finance and to develop risk management tools that target particular weather events for underserved commodities |
Burning Risk Advisory Support System (BRASS): Fine Fuel Prediction System to Assist State Forestry Agencies in Catastrophic Fire Loss Reduction on Private Wildlands
States: AR, LA, OK, TX |
AgriLogic, Inc.
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Joe Davis (979) 690-2106
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$439,780 |
To develop a BRASS for private landowners that would facilitate characterization of fine-fuel loading values to improve Internet based State forestry wildland fire assessment programs |
Developing Weather Based Risk Management and Insurance Products for NAP and Specialty Crops in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Southwest States
States: AZ, DE, MD, NJ, NY
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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Dr. Calum Turvey (732) 932-1966
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$474,583 |
To develop a research program to evaluate the equity and efficiency of weather insurance for NAP and specialty crops |
Developing a Prescribed Fire Liability Product
States: All |
Iowa Department of Natural Resources Bureau of
Forestry
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Mike Brandrup (515) 281-8657
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$343,743 |
To prevent, control, and suppress wildfires through the development of an insurance product that reduces the liability of private contractors and non-governmental organizations when conducting prescribed fires on private forestland |
Insurance Vision: A Risk Management Decision-Support Tool
States: All |
AgriLogic, Inc.
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Joe Davis (979) 690-2106
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$2,629,673 |
To design and develop a risk management decision-support tool for agricultural producers |
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