North Central Extension Risk Management Education Center Helps Producers Manage Risks

Authors

Christine Lockert, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Sheila Aikanathan Johnson, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Bradley D. Lubben, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

5-10-2023

Document Type

Article

Citation

Cornhusker Economics (May 10, 2023)

Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Abstract

The Extension Risk Management Education (ERME) program, funded by USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, provides training to help producers learn new strategies to manage complex and growing agricultural risks. ERME strives to achieve this goal by encouraging and funding innovative programs across the country and helping programs focus on tangible results. Four regional grant-making ERME Centers are located across the country at the University of Delaware (Northeast), the University of Arkansas (South), Washington State University (West) and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (North Central) along with a Digital Center at the University of Minnesota to help administer online application, management, and reporting elements of the program.

Since 2001, the North Central Extension Risk Management Education Center, hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Agricultural Economics Department, has addressed the volatility and uncertainty that producers in our 12-state region face in agriculture, the evolving farm policy environment that increasingly emphasizes risk management, and the legislative mandate to provide risk management education to agricultural producers.