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FARMERS AND RANCHERS COLLEGE PROVIDES RISK MANAGEMENT EDUCATION TO NEBRASKA PRODUCERS

Extension Education

Brandy VanDeWalle
EXT. EDUCATOR
NE Extension
Geneva

Abstract

Today’s agricultural industry provides challenging risk management decisions for producers. The structure of agriculture, future trends of land ownership, capital in production agriculture and market dynamics are only a few challenges for producers. The Farmers & Ranchers College provides dynamic, current educational risk management workshops for Nebraska producers and is a collaborative effort between business, industry, agricultural organizations and UNL Extension. The Farmers & Ranchers College provides the necessary tools to producers that enable them to make profitable decisions in an ever changing global agricultural environment. It has been in existence for nine years and has a proven track record of attracting large numbers of producers and industry representatives to these risk management workshops. Each year, funding is secured from businesses, organizations, and grants so that each program can feature a nationally known, high quality speaker at no cost to the participants. Similar educational workshops would cost over $100 per participant. Evaluation of 2008-2009 programs alone, indicate that producers managed over 55,000 acres of field crops and estimated the value of the workshops at $19.00/acre annually, for a potential impact of over $1,040,000. Participants also managed over 102,000 head of cattle and indicated an average value of $20/head from attending the 2009 program for a potential impact of over $2 million. By the end of the 2008-09 “program year”, over 83 workshops have been presented in the areas of grain marketing, risk management and beef production to over 5,600 Nebraska farmers, ranchers and industry representatives.

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Authors: B.S. VanDeWalle*, F. D. Bruning, B. J. Dohrman, T.A. Hejny, P. J. Janda, S. G. Miller, E. W. Milton, G. W. Nuss, A. L. Tatro, J. E. Voss
  1. VanDeWalle*, B. Extension Educator, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, Nebraska, 68361
  2. Bruning, F. , Bruning State Bank, Nebraska, 68322
  3. Dohrman, B. , Geneva State Bank, Nebraska, 68365
  4. Hejny, T. Director, Nebraska LEAD Program, Nebraska, 68583
  5. Janda, P. , Cornerstone Bank, Nebraska, 68933
  6. Miller, S. , Bruning State Bank, Nebraska, 68322
  7. Milton, E. , Milligan Insurance Agency, Nebraska, 68406
  8. Nuss, G. , Ag WEST, Nebraska, 68979
  9. Tatro, A. , Geneva State Bank, Nebraska, 68361
  10. Voss, J. , Frontier Bank, Nebraska, 68335