Grantee Profile

Grasshopper Livestock Association

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4 Grants
$120,000 Total Awarded
2015 - 2017 Years

Awarded Grants

2017

Grasshopper Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Grant (BFR)

2017 Grasshopper Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Grant (BFR)

$40,000
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Community Partners

White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona

Description

Over 24 months, bring together partners from Cibecue with a focus on youth ranchers to facilitate hands-on learning, environmental and modern herd, ranching, range and business practices, control cattle disease and increase profitability through modern business practices and leverage assets to market cattle to the BEST primary and secondary markets.

2017

Tiered Approach to Conservation Planning

2017 Tiered Approach to Conservation Planning

$10,000
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Community Partners

White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona

Description

Improve the production and sale of certified cattle from three Cibecue Livestock Associations (Cibecue, Oak Creek, Grasshopper) through improved community-wide training and education and improve local economic conditions through higher quality cattle in the Native Beef and other marketing programs.

2016

Grasshopper Livestock Supplemental

2016 Grasshopper Livestock Supplemental

$10,000
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Community Partners

White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona

Description

Prepare cattle for marketing and sale in Spring and Fall 2017

2015

Revitalization of Grasshopper Livestock Association

2015 Revitalization of Grasshopper Livestock Association

$60,000
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Community Partners

White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona

Description

The ultimate purpose is to create a Grasshopper Livestock Association which is a profitable, sustainable and job-creating business enterprise, which consistently produces lower priced, grass-fed and locally produced USDA-certified high quality beef and beef products. We are determined to become a source of pride and economic prosperity for Association members, the White Mountain Apache Tribe and the citizens of Cibecue, Arizona. We seek to do this by utilizing the latest in technology and education, leveraging these modern approaches while retaining our culturally based views of generational responsibility and spirituality unique to our White Mountain Apache heritage.