Jisang Yu, PhD

Brittney Goodrich, PhD

A natural experiment allows us to compare the participation rates of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and the Pasture, Rainfall and Forage (PRF) insurance product. We find that the two offerings are competing with each other.

The Conservation Reserve Program is Competing with Pasture Insurance for Farmer Participation

The AMS’s new Pandemic Response and Safety (PRS) grant program provides up to $20,000 in funding to cover costs of adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic, including safety equipment and online sales infrastructure. 

You Should Apply to the Pandemic Response and Safety (PRS) Grant Program

We explore how farm aid funding is distributed and how different application channels can affect accessibility. 

Does Digital Access to USDA Programs Mean More Equitable Access?

We mapped all the farmland in the US by its ratio of land cost to expected agricultural value.

Buy Farmland Where Your Harvest Justifies the Cost of Land

Since our founding, Ambrook has helped farmers and ranchers access funding opportunities and manage their finances. Privacy, security, and transparency of how we use data is core to who we are as a company. That’s why we are excited to announce that Ambrook is now officially Ag Data Transparent certified.

Ambrook is Now Certified by Ag Data Transparent

Aleks Schaefer, PhD JD

County-level CFAP payment data shows a large gulf between the counties with broadband access and those without.

Poor Broadband Access Linked to Less Farm Funding

Ambrook has been working to bring modern financial management tools to farmers. We’ve made great progress in just nine months, helping thousands of farmers apply to over $6M in funding for their operations.

Announcing Ambrook Wallet & Our Partnership With Stripe Treasury

Yesterday, the USDA announced new programs and plans to bring financial assistance to farmers affected by COVID-19 market disruptions. Among these announcements was increased payments to previous rounds of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP1, CFAP2, and CFAP-AA), and a re-opening of the application window for CFAP2 for at least 60 days beginning April 5th, 2021.

CFAP2 Application to Reopen April 5th

The USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) has been extended with additional assistance to certain agricultural producers whose operations were impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Now, eligible farmers and ranchers can complete their CFAP Additional Assistance (CFAP-AA) paperwork online in a simple form with Ambrook.

CFAP Additional Assistance Applications (CFAP-AA), Now on Ambrook

When I started working on Ambrook, adopting Next.js was a clear choice. I liked that it flexibly combines statically generated (SSG) pages (like blog posts, marketing sites), with server-side rendered (SSR) pages (like our app and account pages), and merges it all together with a smart client-side navigation scheme.

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