On September 27, 2007, acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner announced awards of nearly $21.2 million in agricultural risk management partnership agreements throughout the United States. Wyoming's Custom Ag Solutions received a research and development partnership award to develop decision-support tools to improve
livestock producers' decisions related to participation in RMA's Livestock Risk
Protection and Adjusted Gross Revenue-Lite Programs.

CAS will work with researchers from Kansas State University to develop calculators, worksheets, data feeds, and organizers to increase knowledge and participation in RMA programs.  

The USDA announcement can be viewed at the following link: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=2007/09/0268.xml. 

A list of RMA's 2007 research and development awardees can be viewed at http://www.rma.usda.gov/news/2007/09/2007pm.pdf.