Agriculture Risk Management Education Partnerships Competitive Grants Program
Funds public and private organisations that educate farmers and ranchers about the full range of agricultural risk management strategies.
The Agriculture Risk Management Education Partnerships Competitive Grants Program (ARME) is a USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant that funds public and private organisations educating farmers and ranchers on the full range of agricultural risk-management strategies, with special emphasis on farm-viability work like financial benchmarking, business planning, market assessment, tra…
ARME funds education on the full range of agricultural risk-management activities named in its authorizing statute: futures, options, agricultural trade options, crop insurance, cash forward contracting, debt reduction, production diversification, marketing plans and tactics, and farm-resources risk reduction, among other appropriate strategies. Special emphasis goes to farm-viability work — financial benchmarking, business planning and technical assistance, market assessment, transfer and succession planning, and crop-insurance participation — aimed specifically at farmers and ranchers.
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