Newsletter for Western Agricultural Educators & Stakeholders
Published by the Western Extension Risk Management Education Center
Summer 2018
This newsletter is designed with Extension Risk Management Education (ERME) applicants and grant recipients in mind – serving as a resource for all ag risk educators; as well as other risk management stakeholders. The Western Center Director – Shannon Neibergs, discusses the critical need for risk management education for western region producers; with the lead article taking an in depth look at Ripple Effects Mapping – an evaluation tool that can successfully measure the achievement of farmer and rancher risk management goals. Our project success story from the University of Guam, features several special emphasis groups including resource-challenged, beginning and small farmers, and U.S. Veterans. This issue also includes a link to a 2016 ERME funded project curriculum: Commodity Marketing: Using Futures and Options as a Risk Management Tool (pdf). This project was delivered by the Idaho Barley Commission in partnership with the University of Idaho.
Introduction
Ripple Effects Mapping: Identifying Expected and Unexpected Outcomes
The New Tropical Island Farmer (NTIF) Risk Management Education Series
Newsletter for Western Agricultural Educators & Stakeholders
Published by the Western Extension Risk Management Education Center
Spokane, WA 99202
Summer 2018
Volume 8 Issue 1
Editor/Designer
Heather Schriver
Director
J. Shannon Neibergs
Associate Director
Jo Ann Warner
National Program Leader
Toija Riggins, USDA-NIFA
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The Western Extension Risk Management Education Center (Western Center) compiles this newsletter with submissions from our staff and may include submissions from the other 3 regional Extension Risk Management Education (ERME) Centers; as well as university faculty, agencies, educator organizations and researchers from throughout the Western region and nation. We make every attempt to provide valuable and informative items of interest to our stakeholders. The views and opinions expressed here are not necessarily those of the Western or other regional ERME Centers. The Western Center is not responsible for the content of these submitted materials or their respective websites; and their inclusion in this newsletter does not imply ERME’s endorsement of that agency/organization/program.
This material is based upon work supported by funding through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The Western Extension Risk Management Education Center is hosted by Washington State University with support from WSU Extension and the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences Extension School of Economic Sciences.
