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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> W-aesdirs [<a href="mailto:w-aesdirs-bounces@colostate.edu">mailto:w-aesdirs-bounces@colostate.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 9, 2016 8:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:w-aesdirs@colostate.edu">w-aesdirs@colostate.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [W-aesdirs] USDA Announces $1.35 Million to Establish, Improve Farm Management Resources<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">USDA Announces $1.35 Million to Establish, Improve Farm Management Resources</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced the availability of $1.35 million for the
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Farm Business Management and Benchmarking</a> (FBMB) program.<br>
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The FBMB Competitive Grants Program provides funds to improve the farm management knowledge and skills of agricultural producers; and establish and maintain a national, publicly available farm financial management database to support improved farm management.<br>
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This year’s applications should address the maintenance and expansion of farm financial management databases; the establishment or expansion of collaborative farm management and producer partnerships; advancing data gathering; the development or expansion of
cooperation and data sharing; the provision of training, assistance, and software to farm management associations; the improvement of profitability and competitiveness of small- and medium-sized farms; and/or the improvement of producers’ abilities to manage
operations.<br>
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scientists and extension personnel, have resulted in user-inspired, groundbreaking discoveries that are combating childhood obesity, improving and sustaining rural economic growth, addressing water availability issues, increasing food production, finding new
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