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Please note that awards provided under these Calls are contingent upon USDA-NIFA authorizing the funding to our Host Institution, Montana State University.

Stories from the West

Agritourism

Farmstay Website Helps Producers Profit

Fifteen years ago, Western SARE awarded Oregon farmer Scottie Jones to develop a Northwestern Farmstay USA website. Today, the website highlights farms in 16 regions around the country and protectorates and includes 306 farms and ranches. What’s a farm stay? As part of her Farmer/Rancher project, Scottie defined a farm stay as overnight lodging on […]

Goats

Reducing Predation in Multi-Species Grazing

Livestock

Range Riders

Dr. Darrell Donahue Joins as Regional Coordinator

Our Impact

$115
million

in funding since 1988^*

1,851 projects

funded since 1988^*

* These totals reflect available data; complete information may not be available for all grant programs prior to 2016.

About Western SARE

Western SARE provides competitive grants and educational opportunities in Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Federated States of Micronesia, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Northern Marianas Islands, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

We’ve had twice the crop production on the same footprint, which is huge for both profit and land-use efficiency.

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Farmer-driven innovations in agriculture that improve profitability, stewardship and quality of life.

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Navigating Drought

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