The Agriculture Risk Management Education Partnerships Competitive Grants Program (ARME) educates agricultural producers about the full range of risk management activities. These include futures, options, agricultural trade options, crop insurance, cash forward contracting, debt reduction, production diversification, marketing plans and tactics, farm resources risk reduction, and other appropriate risk management strategies. ARME places special emphasis on risk management strategies, education, and outreach specifically targeted at: beginning farmers or ranchers; legal immigrant farmers or ranchers that are attempting to become established producers in the United States; socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers; farmers or ranchers who are preparing to retire and are using transition strategies to help new farmers or ranchers get started; and new or established farmers or ranchers who are converting production and marketing systems to pursue new markets. ARME brings the existing knowledge base to bear on risk management issues faced by agricultural producers and expands the program throughout the nation.
The primary objectives of ARME are to provide U.S. agricultural producers and their families with the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to make informed risk management decisions; and deliver risk management education to agricultural producers underserved by the Federal crop insurance program.
ARME will fund four regional centers nationwide (Northeast; North Central; Southern; and Western) and one Risk Management Education Electronic Support Center. Risk Management Education Electronic Support Center application deadline is January 15, 2024. For more information, read the ARME funding opportunity.
