Progress 09/01/11 to 02/28/14
Outputs
Target Audience: The immediate target audiences for this project was more than 130 American Indian farmers and ranchers on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and the tribal managers of Fort Peck Indian Reservation tribal lands. These producers and managers urgently needed state-of-the art information about the recent changes in the CRP and decision tools that enable them to make management decisions about CRP participation that optimize the short and long run financial and agronomic performance of their operations. In addition, research will also be of value to many other American Indian producers on and adjacent to reservations in the Northern Great Plains. These include American Indian producers on the five other tribal reservations in Montana located east of the continental Divide (Crow, Northern Cheyenne, Fort Belknap, Blackfeet and Rocky Boy) and in North Dakota (Standing Rock Sioux, Turtle Mountain, Three Tribes, and Spirit Lake). Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? This project addressed a critical need for American Indian agricultural producers and entrepreneurs on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation including an outreach program in which information that was delivered directly to producers on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and via distance education, reaching 49 participants. Of the 49 participants 84% were American Indian. The findings of the project was also shared with non-American Indian agricultural producers in the Northern Great Plains through outreach education bulletins and by providing access to computer-based decision tools via the web-sites of Fort Peck Community College and Montana State University’s Agricultural Marketing Policy Center. Finally, this project provided important information needed to encourage renewable resource-based economic development in the Fort Peck Indian Reservation communities. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Fort Peck Community College will stay abreast the 2014 Farm Bill and any changes relevant to the Conservation Reserve Program.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Fort Peck Community College and the MSU research team identified the changes in the Environmental Benefits Index, developed model farms to analyze optimal strategies for CRP enrollment and identified impacts on carbon sequestration using LCA procedures that reflect production practices and soil structures on the reservation. Impacts on wildlife have been estimated by developing estimates of habitat provided by CRP land as compared to crop land and grazing land and examining potential effects of shifts in the land from CRP to other uses. Of equal importance is the working relationship the continues to blossom with Montana State University-Bozeman allowing FPCC to receive technical expertise for programs and/or research delivered to American Indian Producers on the Fort Peck Reservation. MSU has been influential in guiding the FPCC Agriculture/Extension Department research efforts for nearly a decade. In addition, Fort Peck Community College has a valuable relationship with the Fort Peck Tribal Programs. FPCC and the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes have established a productive collaborative of education, training and implementation of services and programs to promote economic development as well as conservation efforts. The collaboration between Fort Peck and MSU, and the Fort Peck Tribes in developing and delivering agricultural research, outreach materials and programs serves to increase the capacity of the Fort Peck Community College Agriculture/Extension department.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Montana State University Agricultural Marketing Center Briefing Software (Software in Excel). CRP Decision Software Tool. Joel Schumacher. June 2013.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2012
Citation:
Montana State University Agricultural Marketing Center Briefing Paper 105: Carbon Sequestration. Joel Schumacher and Vincent H. Smith, August 2012.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Montana State University Agricultural Marketing Center Policy Paper 44. Procedural Issues Relative to CRP Participation in Montana: Consideration Prior to Making an Offer, Offer Formulation and Offer Acceptance. Joel Schumacher, James B. Johnson, Thomas Bass, and Leigh Ann Spokas. Forthcoming, April 2014.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Montana State University Agricultural Marketing Center Policy Paper 41. Production Risk Management for Wyoming Ranches: The Future for Federal Disaster Programs, Vincent H. Smith, James B, Johnson, and John P. Hewlett (University of Wyoming), July 2013.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Conservation Reserve Program: Past, Present and Future, James B. JohnsonJoel B. Schumacher, November 25, 2013
A 2013 Farm Bill: What is happpening with Conservation? Vince Smith, November 25, 2013. November 25, 2013.
Landowners and Operators and FSA InteractionPart II: CRP Sign-Up1James B. Johnson November 25, 2013
Landowner aand Operators and FSA InteractionPart I: Eligibility Considerations, and Soil Rental Rates1. James B. Johnson. November 25, 2013
Economics Incentives and the CRP Program1James B. Johnson. November 25, 2013.
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Progress 09/01/11 to 08/31/13
Outputs
Target Audience: The immediate target audiences for this project was more than 130 American Indian farmers and ranchers on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and the tribal managers of Fort Peck Indian Reservation tribal lands. These producers and managers urgently needed state-of-the art information about the recent changes in the CRP and decision tools that enable them to make management decisions about CRP participation that optimize the short and long run financial and agronomic performance of their operations. In addition, research will also be of value to many other American Indian producers on and adjacent to reservations in the Northern Great Plains. These include American Indian producers on the five other tribal reservations in Montana located east of the continental Divide (Crow, Northern Cheyenne, Fort Belknap, Blackfeet and Rocky Boy) and in North Dakota (Standing Rock Sioux, Turtle Mountain, Three Tribes, and Spirit Lake). Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? This project addressed a critical need for American Indian agricultural producers and entrepreneurs on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation including an outreach program in which information that was delivered directly to producers on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and via distance education, reaching 49 participants. Of the 49 participants 84% were American Indian. The findings of the project was also shared with non-American Indian agricultural producers in the Northern Great Plains through outreach education bulletins and by providing access to computer-based decision tools via the web-sites of Fort Peck Community College and Montana State University’s Agricultural Marketing Policy Center. Finally, this project provided important information needed to encourage renewable resource-based economic development in the Fort Peck Indian Reservation communities. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Fort Peck Community College will stay abreast the 2014 Farm Bill and any changes relevant to the Conservation Reserve Program.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Fort Peck Community College and the MSU research team identified the changes in the Environmental Benefits Index, developed model farms to analyze optimal strategies for CRP enrollment and identified impacts on carbon sequestration using LCA procedures that reflect production practices and soil structures on the reservation. Impacts on wildlife have been estimated by developing estimates of habitat provided by CRP land as compared to crop land and grazing land and examining potential effects of shifts in the land from CRP to other uses. Of equal importance is the working relationship the continues to blossom with Montana State University-Bozeman allowing FPCC to receive technical expertise for programs and/or research delivered to American Indian Producers on the Fort Peck Reservation. MSU has been influential in guiding the FPCC Agriculture/Extension Department research efforts for nearly a decade. In addition, Fort Peck Community College has a valuable relationship with the Fort Peck Tribal Programs. FPCC and the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes have established a productive collaborative of education, training and implementation of services and programs to promote economic development as well as conservation efforts. The collaboration between Fort Peck and MSU, and the Fort Peck Tribes in developing and delivering agricultural research, outreach materials and programs serves to increase the capacity of the Fort Peck Community College Agriculture/Extension department.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Montana State University Agricultural Marketing Center Briefing Software (Software in Excel). CRP Decision Software Tool. Joel Schumacher. June 2013.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2012
Citation:
Montana State University Agricultural Marketing Center Briefing Paper 105: Carbon Sequestration. Joel Schumacher and Vincent H. Smith, August 2012.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Montana State University Agricultural Marketing Center Policy Paper 44. Procedural Issues Relative to CRP Participation in Montana: Consideration Prior to Making an Offer, Offer Formulation and Offer Acceptance. Joel Schumacher, James B. Johnson, Thomas Bass, and Leigh Ann Spokas. Forthcoming, April 2014.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Montana State University Agricultural Marketing Center Policy Paper 41. Production Risk Management for Wyoming Ranches: The Future for Federal Disaster Programs, Vincent H. Smith, James B, Johnson, and John P. Hewlett (University of Wyoming), July 2013.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Conservation Reserve Program: Past, Present and Future, James B. JohnsonJoel B. Schumacher, November 25, 2013
A 2013 Farm Bill: What is happpening with Conservation? Vince Smith, November 25, 2013. November 25, 2013.
Landowners and Operators and FSA InteractionPart II: CRP Sign-Up1James B. Johnson November 25, 2013
Landowner aand Operators and FSA InteractionPart I: Eligibility Considerations, and Soil Rental Rates1. James B. Johnson. November 25, 2013
Economics Incentives and the CRP Program1James B. Johnson. November 25, 2013.
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Progress 09/01/12 to 08/31/13
Outputs
Target Audience: The immediate target audiences for this project was more than 130 American Indian farmers and ranchers on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and the tribal managers of Fort Peck Indian Reservation tribal lands. These producers and managers urgently needed state-of-the art information about the recent changes in the CRP and decision tools that enable them to make management decisions about CRP participation that optimize the short and long run financial and agronomic performance of their operations. In addition, research will also be of value to many other American Indian producers on and adjacent to reservations in the Northern Great Plains. These include American Indian producers on the five other tribal reservations in Montana located east of the continental Divide (Crow, Northern Cheyenne, Fort Belknap, Blackfeet and Rocky Boy) and in North Dakota (Standing Rock Sioux, Turtle Mountain, Three Tribes, and Spirit Lake). Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? This project addressed a critical need for American Indian agricultural producers and entrepreneurs on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation including an outreach program in which information that was delivered directly to producers on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and via distance education, reaching 49 participants. Of the 49 participants 84% were American Indian. The findings of the project was also shared with non-American Indian agricultural producers in the Northern Great Plains through outreach education bulletins and by providing access to computer-based decision tools via the web-sites of Fort Peck Community College and Montana State University’s Agricultural Marketing Policy Center. Finally, this project provided important information needed to encourage renewable resource-based economic development in the Fort Peck Indian Reservation communities. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Fort Peck Community College will continue to stay abreast the 2014 Farm Bill and educate American Indian Farmers and Ranchers with any relevant changes to the Conservation Reserve Program.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Fort Peck Community College and the MSU research team identified the changes in the Environmental Benefits Index, developed model farms to analyze optimal strategies for CRP enrollment and identified impacts on carbon sequestration using LCA procedures that reflect production practices and soil structures on the reservation. Impacts on wildlife have been estimated by developing estimates of habitat provided by CRP land as compared to crop land and grazing land and examining potential effects of shifts in the land from CRP to other uses. Of equal importance is the working relationship the continues to blossom with Montana State University-Bozeman allowing FPCC to receive technical expertise for programs and/or research delivered to American Indian Producers on the Fort Peck Reservation. MSU has been influential in guiding the FPCC Agriculture/Extension Department research efforts for nearly a decade. In addition, Fort Peck Community College has a valuable relationship with the Fort Peck Tribal Programs. FPCC and the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes have established a productive collaborative of education, training and implementation of services and programs to promote economic development as well as conservation efforts. The collaboration between Fort Peck and MSU, and the Fort Peck Tribes in developing and delivering agricultural research, outreach materials and programs serves to increase the capacity of the Fort Peck Community College Agriculture/Extension department.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Awaiting Publication
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Montana State University Agricultural Marketing Center Policy Paper 44. Procedural Issues Relative to CRP Participation in Montana: Consideration Prior to Making an Offer, Offer Formulation and Offer Acceptance. Joel Schumacher, James B. Johnson, Thomas Bass, and Leigh Ann Spokas. Forthcoming, April 2014.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Montana State University Agricultural Marketing Center Briefing Software (Software in Excel). CRP Decision Software Tool. Joel Schumacher. June 2013.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2012
Citation:
Montana State University Agricultural Marketing Center Briefing Paper 105: Carbon Sequestration. Joel Schumacher and Vincent H. Smith, August 2012.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Montana State University Agricultural Marketing Center Policy Paper 41. Production Risk Management for Wyoming Ranches: The Future for Federal Disaster Programs, Vincent H. Smith, James B, Johnson, and John P. Hewlett (University of Wyoming), July 2013.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Conservation Reserve Program: Past, Present and Future, James B. JohnsonJoel B. Schumacher, November 25, 2013
A 2013 Farm Bill: What is happpening with Conservation? Vince Smith, November 25, 2013. November 25, 2013.
Landowners and Operators and FSA InteractionPart II: CRP Sign-Up1James B. Johnson November 25, 2013
Landowner aand Operators and FSA InteractionPart I: Eligibility Considerations, and Soil Rental Rates1. James B. Johnson. November 25, 2013
Economics Incentives and the CRP Program1James B. Johnson. November 25, 2013.
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Progress 09/01/11 to 08/31/12
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Fort Peck Community College and the MSU research team have identified the changes in the Environmental Benefits Index, developed model farms to analyze optimal strategies for CRP enrollment and have identified Impacts on carbon sequestration using LCA procedures that reflect production practices and soil structures on the reservation. Impacts on wildlife have been estimated by developing estimates of habitat provided by CRP land as compared to crop land and grazing land and examining potential effects of shifts in the land from CRP to other uses. Research is dynamic and will account for land use changes over time in terms of acreage allocations between the CRP, grazing, and cropping. Findings from the research will be developed in policy briefing papers. PARTICIPANTS: Working relationships have been developed with Montana State University-Bozeman to provide assistance and technical expertise for programs and/or research delivered to American Indian Producers on the Fort Peck Reservation. MSU will be responsible for leading research efforts with Fort Peck Community College. In addition, Fort Peck Community College has a valuable relationship with the Fort Peck Tribal Programs. FPCC and the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes have established a productive collaborative of education, training and implementation of services and programs to promote economic development as well as conservation efforts. The collaboration between Fort Peck and MSU, and the Fort Peck Tribes in developing and delivering agricultural research, outreach materials and programs will serves to increase the capacity of the Fort Peck Community College Agriculture/Extension department. TARGET AUDIENCES: The immediate target audiences for this project are the more than 130 American Indian farmers and ranchers on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and the tribal managers of Fort Peck Indian Reservation tribal lands. These producers and managers urgently need state-of-the art information about the recent changes in the CRP and decision tools that enable them to make management decisions about CRP participation that optimize the short and long run financial and agronomic performance of their operations. The results of the research will also be of value to many other American Indian producers on and adjacent to reservations in the Northern Great Plains. These include American Indian producers on the five other tribal reservations in Montana located east of the continental Divide and in North Dakota. The project will therefore include an outreach program in which information will be delivered directly to producers on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and via distance education technology to other reservations. In addition, findings of the project will be shared with non-American Indian agricultural producers in the Northern Great Plains through outreach education bulletins and by providing access to computer-based decision tools via the web-sites of Fort Peck Community College and Montana State University's Agricultural Marketing Policy Center. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts
This project directly addresses issues of central importance to FPCC's equity education and extension/outreach programs. In FPCC's Outreach Extension Program strategic plan, a major area of focus is improving the financial performance and long run sustainability of American Indian farms and ranches through expanded and more effective participation in USDA Farm Service Agency and USDA Risk Management Agency programs. A second major FPCC objective is to enable American Indian producers to more effectively achieve their environmental sustainability goals while ensuring their farms and ranches are financially sustainable. This project will directly contribute to that major objective. The project will also increase and expand the reputation that FPCC has for providing research that supports outreach programs directly relevant to major goals and objectives for the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, American Indian agricultural producers on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and other Montana and North Dakota reservations, and other American Indian producers in the Northern Great Plains. The outreach and publication plans associated with this project described above in Tasks 5 and 6, are integral to this purpose.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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