Project Grant 20243850442665

Award Date 9/1/24
Completion Date 8/31/26
Dollars Obligated $499K
Federal Grant Program
10.310
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Lincoln, NE 68503, USA
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The project will be conducted through a collaborative partnership between three farm business management associations in South Dakota, North Dakota, and Nebraska, as well as two land-grant universities (Ohio State University and University of Nebraska-Lincoln). Key objectives include maintaining and expanding the National Farm Financial Benchmarking Database, expanding farm management educational programs, and increasing the number and quality of financial records contributed to the database. The project will also support research to better understand the role of information avoidance in financial risk management decision-making.

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