Kynda Curtis, Utah State University Staci Emm, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension

 Economic environment  Creating collaborations & programmatic teams  Identified program needs ◦ Native Americans ◦ Women ◦ Beginning Farmers & Ranchers  Amplifying impact

 University of Nevada, Reno ◦ Budget cuts at 20.7% in 2009, 6.9% in 2010  Loss of ag econ & animal science depts (& associated specialists) ◦ Nevada Cooperative Extension proposed cut of 72%,  Utah State University ◦ Budget cuts at 17% for , 2% for 2011  Combining resources to better serve farmers & ranchers in Nevada & Utah

 Identify people that like working together & share similar goals ◦ Identify geographic location to be served ◦ Identify strengths/weaknesses in team expertise ◦ Supplement team through hires if needed  Identify target audience ◦ Target Native American, women, & beginning farmers/ranchers

 Kynda Curtis, Niche marketing/business planning & program evaluation  Staci Emm, Beef production/marketing, business entrepreneurship & youth programs  Ruby Ward, Taxes & financial management  Loretta Singletary, Conflict resolution and program evaluation  Dillon Feuz, Livestock marketing  Randy Emm, Indian programs & crop/livestock insurance  Kathy Frasier, Indian programs & record-keeping/Quickbooks  Carol Bishop, Enterprise budgets & feasibility analysis  Additional expertise in livestock production, vegetable/fruit production, & food safety/labeling ◦ Ron Torell, Dan Drost, Steve Foster, Jay Davison, Karin Allen, & Brent Black

 Business planning ◦ Entrepreneurship ◦ Business/marketing plans ◦ Niche/direct marketing ◦ Crop/livestock insurance ◦ Record-keeping/budgeting ◦ Tax structure/preparing for taxes ◦ Profitability/feasibility assessment  Production ◦ Niche beef production ◦ Small-scale fruit/vegetable production ◦ Food safety

 Funding sources ◦ Utah State University & University of Nevada Cooperative Extension ◦ USDA-Risk Management Agency  Targeted states program  Outreach program ◦ NIFA-BFRDP  Beginning farmer/rancher program ◦ NIFA-FRTEP  Federal recognized tribes extension program ◦ Western SARE  Funding applied for & managed by team PIs

Agricultural Product Receipts and Farm Demographics Source: USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service, 2007

Number of Socially Disadvantaged/Limited Resource Farm Operators

 Provide on-reservation training in Nevada ◦ Record-keeping ◦ Crop/livestock Insurance ◦ Agricultural taxes ◦ Small-scale vegetable production  Hold the only statewide American Indian Summit for tribal producers, Nevada  Plan to expand programming to Utah Fall 2011  Conduct regional tribal programming needs assessment summer 2011

 Fastest growing producer population  Small-scale fruit/vegetable production on the rise  Demand for local foods/direct markets increasing  Require knowledge to increase their profits & meet their family needs  Require skills to reduce family stress & conflict, including time management and dispute resolution

 Nevada Small Farms Conference ◦ March Fallon, NV  Great Basin Women & Youth in Ag Conference ◦ June Las Vegas, NV – For Utah, Nevada, & Idaho  General Topics ◦ Record-keeping/business planning/taxes ◦ Crop/livestock insurance ◦ Vegetable/fruit production/marketing ◦ Food safety in value-added production ◦ Niche livestock production/marketing ◦ Family business management/conflict resolution ◦ Direct marketing-farmers markets, farm-to-school

 FFA program – MARSS (managing agriculture risk seminar series), Nevada ◦ 30 classes held in pilot 2009 ◦ 12 classes with new curriculum 2011  Utah Building Farmers Program ◦ Fall 8 week session, Utah ◦ Fall 3 day conference, tribal members in Nevada  Diversified Agriculture Conference ◦ February, Utah  Nevada Small Farms Conference ◦ March, Fallon, NV  Economic Assessment of Low Water-Use Crops ◦ One-day course held year-round in Utah, Idaho, & Nevada

 Pre/post-testing  Post-workshop evaluation  6 month and/or 1 year follow-up evaluation  Standard KASA, practices, SEEC model ◦ Change in knowledge/attitude ◦ Use of new knowledge/change in practice ◦ Economic/social impacts

 Results of Nevada Crop/Livestock Insurance Handbook Evaluations and Programming Participant Survey Regarding Crop/Livestock Insurance Understanding and Use ◦ Understanding of crop insurance features, tools, use in risk management and awareness of agents increased by 6-15% from ◦ Use of crop insurance increased by 6% from ◦ Results from the 2010 handbook evaluations and 2010 survey are similar ◦ The cost of crop insurance and inappropriate for farm/ranch were the primary reasons respondents didn’t purchase crop insurance in both the 2010 handbook evaluations and 2010 survey ◦ Crop insurance policies earning premium increased by 32.22% from , and by 5.88% from

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