| PROJECT SUMMARY |
| With rising costs in petroleum based farm inputs; farmers and agriculture service providers are looking for new ideas, tools and practical on-farm solutions to help reduce energy use without jeopardizing overall farm production or income. To address this issue, a Montana collaboration of partners recently completed a project called "Managing the Risk: Evaluating Farm Energy Use Tools and Alternatives for Montana." We held two workshops and two field tours to both test and educate ourselves and others on energy estimator tools and other energy resources. Our workshops and tours provided over 200 farmer and ag service provider participants with the skills, information, tools and resources they need to understand, examine, and determine risk; in current, projected and potential farm energy use scenarios. The workshops and tours addressed issues and questions farmers and ag service providers are asking in a co-learning environment, in classroom peer learning and in “real life” farm settings. Farm energy calculators, project outreach and evaluation materials are all available. |
| NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 241 |
| TOPICS COVERED |
| Understanding of economic risks associated with new production technologies |
| Business and strategic planning |
