State Farm Bureau presidents will be in Washington, D.C. this week to go through the resolutions process ahead of next month’s American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting. “The economics of agriculture and where we’re at right now will be the overarching theme, anything that can be done, whether it is taxes or on the input side,” said Dan Glessing, president, Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation. “Those inputs have become a big number and we have to address that.” Glessing participated in this past week’s Prairie Grains Conference in Grand Forks and was a live guest during RRFN’s Country Morning broadcast. The conversation included the issue of mental health in agriculture. “When you come out of harvest, it’s time to wind down and reflect and that can be when some of these challenges kick in; remember, it’s okay not to be okay, but make sure you say something, whether that’s talking to a friend, a neighbor or a professional.”
