D2-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 26,2002 UD Launches Center For Farm Risk Management Education NEWARK, Del. Dr. H. Don Tilmon, cooperative exten sion specialist for farm manage ment at the University of Delaware, has received a five year, $3,235,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to launch the Northeast Center for Risk Management Educa tion (NCRME). The Center’s purpose is to ed ucate producers of agricultural products about the range of risk management opportunities available to them. The region served by the center includes the New England states, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. Tilmon says that until a few years ago farm risk manage ment concentrated on crop in surance issues. That concept has been expanded to include any thing that helps farms remain profitable. “While crop insurance is still a big part of risk management education, it is not the only part,” says Tilmon. “Educa tional outreach through our center will span the spectrum of socioeconomic, environmental, and health and safety issues for growers. We hope to offer pro grams on estate planning, fed eral standards, retirement, workers’ compensation, hiring employees, futures and options, computer training all the var iables that go into running any well-managed business.” Tilmon divides risks to farm businesses into five categories: production risks, such as crop insurance, contracts and diversi fication; marketing risks, involv ing development of a marketing plan and use marketing tools; fi nancial risks, including interest rates, liquidity and cash flow; human resources risks from managing employees; and legal risks associated with contractual arrangements, tort liability and environmental issues. An advisory committee, comprised of Tilmon and five NCRME who are leaders in the agricultural community, will review grant proposals from the private sector and northeastern land-grant universities, then dis tribute project funds for agricul tural education programs. In addition to addressing risk management issues, the center will provide train-the-teacher workshops for county agents, extension specialists and people from the private sector who want to know more about risk management. The center’s first project a regional Website linked to the national library of information on risk manage ment is already well under way. Tilmon and UD’s College of Agriculture and Natural Re sources were chosen to receive the grant over larger agricul tural colleges, including those at Cornell, Penn State, University of Maryland and Rutgers Uni versity, based largely on Til mon’s reputation as a leader in the field of farm risk manage ment. The son of a sharecropper, Tilmon grew up in Missouri’s Bootheel, located in the southeastern part of the state, where he learned firsthand the hardships of being a farmer. From an early age, he picked cotton by hand, an experience, he says, “you never forget.” He credits this early experience with motivating him to earn a university degree. He received a bachelor’s degree in animal sci ence from the University of Missouri, a master’s degree in management from the Univer sity of Delaware and a doctorate in marketing from Purdue Uni versity. i*S>-Xjv™a~ .*.'• "• *- KANSAS CITY, Mo. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved the use of activated lactoferrin on fresh beef, providing beef processors with a revolutionary food safety technology that protects con sumers from harmful bacteria. Activated lactoferrin is an all natural protein found in milk and dairy products. It has been shown to protect fresh beef against E. coli 0157:H7 and more than 30 different types of pathogenic bacteria, including Salmonella and Campylobacter. The technology is unique in that it prevents pathogenic bacteria from attaching to meat surfaces, \ You Are Invited / Vv \ To Our Annual ©PEN MMOEn POURED SOLID CONCRETE SYSTEMS 17 Years Experience In Pouring Concrete Manure Pits! v*. f York, PA on Route 30 17-259-6617 v / 88-285-0225 \y Liquid Manure Tank - 400,000 Gallons 425,000 Gallons in addition to preventing nation’s largest producer-owned beef processor, expects to be the first company to offer fresh beef protected by activated lactofer rin, once final application sys tems development and testing is completed. Cees de Jong, managing di rector of DMV International, said, “With this approval, we will now prepare to increase production of lactoferrin in an ticipation of the consumer demand to be generated by ac tivated lactoferrin. We are pleased we can help improve food safety for millions of con sumers worldwide.” 0% Finance On New Hollai 2^~JEquipment CONCRETE PUMPING SERVICE AVAILABLE - '**'■? T? 1 ; 243 Miller Road Akron, PA 17501 (717) 733-0353 6:?0 AM - 3:30 PM (717) 859-2074 After 6:00 PM