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ACCESSION NO: 1010033 [Full Record]
PROJ NO: IOWW-2016-03304 AGENCY: NIFA IOWW
PROJ TYPE: OTHER GRANTS PROJ STATUS: TERMINATED
CONTRACT/GRANT/AGREEMENT NO: 2016-70017-25525 PROPOSAL NO: 2016-03304
START: 15 AUG 2016 TERM: 14 AUG 2019 FY: 2019
GRANT AMT: $588,948 GRANT YR: 2016
AWARD TOTAL: $588,948
INITIAL AWARD YEAR: 2016
INVESTIGATOR: Reed, D.
PERFORMING INSTITUTION:
N F O INC
528 BILLY SUNDAY RD STE 100
AMES, IOWA 50010
TRAINING, DEVELOPING, AND MENTORING BEGINNING ORGANIC DAIRY AND FEED PRODUCERS
NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: Though consumer demand has skyrocketed for organic milk in recent years, there is a domestic undersupply of organically-certified dairies and organic grain farms to supply feed for organic cows. A number of critical barriers face organic producers, a significant number of whom are beginning farmers; education, training and technical assistance is greatly needed to reach this target audience. National Farmers Organization will expand its demonstrated success of its 2015 development grant to achieve the overall project goal of helping beginning farmers enter into organicdairy/grain production and to improve the success and sustainability of current beginning farmers relevant to this grant program's purpose. plans to achieve this goal include providing a dynamic educational program consisting of seminars and mentoring, reaching a total of 900
begionning organic dairy and grain producers over three years. Objectives include increasing the knowledge, skills and tools of beginning producers as they relate organic production , marketing and business and finacial management. Participants include UMN Center for Farm Finacial Management, OFARM, OCIA, L&K Enterprises, MOFC,KOP, The Assure Group and Optimum Service Group
OBJECTIVES: The goals for this project are 1. to create 36 new farms in the 12 state areas over the next 36 months. 2. Increase total number of organic dairy and feed producers in the area by 60 over the next 36 months. 3. Increase the value of sales of beginning farmer participants in the mentoring program by 10%. 4.Increase the number of beginning farmers who improve their business and production practices in 25% of the participants. 5. Reach 900 beginning organic dairy and feed grain producers during the 36 month period. 6. Mentor 120 beginning organic dairy and feed grain producers during the 36 month period.
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