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Seyfert: Time to Finish the Farm Bill

Published April 27, 2026

Farm Credit Council President and CEO Christy Seyfert says modernizing credit programs is a top farm bill priority as production costs continue to climb. “It’s more expensive to farm in 2026 than it was in 2018 when the farm bill…

Mental Health Concerns Grow

Published March 21, 2026

Farm stress continues to build across the countryside as low commodity prices and economic uncertainty weigh heavily on producers. Monica McConkey, a rural mental health specialist with the State of Minnesota and owner of Eyes on the Horizon Consulting, says…

Farm Bureau Leadership to Work on Resolution Process This Week

Published December 13, 2025

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…

Addressing the Risk of Suicide on the Farm and Rural Communities

Published September 5, 2025

Farmers and ranchers are known for being independent and self-reliant. However, North Dakota Health and Human Services Suicide Prevention Administrator Melissa Markegard said it is also important to ask for help. When stressed, a conversation with a family member, pastor,…

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…

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…

Articles tagged under: farm stress

Seyfert: Time to Finish the Farm Bill

Mental Health Concerns Grow

Farm Bureau Leadership to Work on Resolution Process This Week

Addressing the Risk of Suicide on the Farm and Rural Communities

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

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