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TransFARMation: Five Years After Selling the Cows

Published June 23, 2023

With milk prices in the $15 per hundredweight range, dairy farmers are making difficult decisions. Derrick and Amanda Sommers of Waseca, Minnesota went through a similar scenario five years ago when they sold the cows and transitioned to a life…

TransFARMation: Goehring Reflects on Agriculture’s Mental Health

Published February 27, 2023

From the uncertainties of weather to high input costs, farming and ranching remains a high stress occupation. In the latest edition of the TransFARMation podcast, Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring discusses the stress and anxiety found in agriculture today. The triple…

Managing Rural Stress

Published September 17, 2022

Last month's triple murder-suicide in a wheat field south of Cando, North Dakota heightened the awareness of mental wellness within the ag sector. During an interview on the Red River Farm Network, therapist Becky Kopp-Dunham and NDSU Extension Specialist Sean…

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MDA Funds Farm Stress & Rural Mental Health Projects

Published October 28, 2021

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture and 11 project partners have been awarded $500,000 in federal support to address farm stress and rural mental health. The MDA’s ‘Build, Don’t Break’ initiative includes support for mental health counseling, farm advocates, the farm…

TransFARMation: There is Still Hope

Published June 9, 2021

Drought is a reality for many farmers and ranchers this year. 90-year-old rancher C. Wayne Vance, who lives at Ray, North Dakota, has been through these conditions before. "In 1961 we were really dry and hardly raised a crop," says…

Co-op Day Concentrates on Rural Development and Economic Stability

Published March 25, 2021

Minnesota farm cooperative leaders met virtually with officials from the state agriculture department and the legislature Wednesday. Cooperative Network outlined legislative priorities, including tax conformity and broadband infrastructure. Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen addressed the group, saying mental health issues are…

TransFARMation: Trust Your Gut Feeling

Published November 2, 2020

Crop insurance professional Mary Ebnet was diagnosed with severe coronary artery disease three years ago. That came after an original misdiagnosis. Mary says it is important to be your own health advocate. "Hind site being 20/20, I look back on…

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TransFARMation: A Positive Outcome from a Negative Situation

Published August 31, 2020

Agriculture is a stressful business, but that has certainly intensified during COVID-19. South Dakota State University Extension mental health specialist Andrea Bjornestad says the pandemic has definitely increased stress levels. "It adds more stress on top of what agricultural producers…

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TransFARMation: Dairy Farmer Experiences COVID-19 Firsthand

Published August 17, 2020

Clarissa, Minnesota dairy farmer Patrick Lunemann has his own personal experience with the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, the Long Prairie community in Todd County was experiencing a high number of cases. "We did have a couple of confirmed…

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TransFARMation: Coping with COVID on the Farm

Published August 3, 2020

Coping with coronavirus is a reality for everyone. Hallock, Minnesota farmer Erik Younggren says this pandemic impacts the entire family. "My oldest child is nine years old and the two other girls are six. They haven't seen most of their…

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Articles tagged under: farm stress

TransFARMation: Five Years After Selling the Cows

TransFARMation: Goehring Reflects on Agriculture’s Mental Health

Managing Rural Stress

MDA Funds Farm Stress & Rural Mental Health Projects

TransFARMation: There is Still Hope

Co-op Day Concentrates on Rural Development and Economic Stability

TransFARMation: Trust Your Gut Feeling

TransFARMation: A Positive Outcome from a Negative Situation

TransFARMation: Dairy Farmer Experiences COVID-19 Firsthand

TransFARMation: Coping with COVID on the Farm

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