Mental Health

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Harvest was terrible, and my mental health suffered Harvest was terrible, and my mental health suffered

byMike and Sheilah Reskovac

Jan 14, 2025

3 Min Read

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I can relate to farmer’s struggle I can relate to farmer’s struggle

Dec 13, 2024

2 Min Read

Farm dangers both physical and mental

Farm dangers both physical and mental

byTim Schaefer, Founder

Wade Lowry

Rancher battles fear of failing himself, family legacy

Rancher battles fear of failing himself, family legacy

byShelley E. Huguley, Senior Editor

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Therapists trained to provide help with farm stress

Therapists trained to provide help with farm stress

Chris Pawelski on a farm in New York

Need help? Follow this farmer’s advice

Need help? Follow this farmer’s advice

byChris Torres, Editor

Senior farmer sitting in field thinking

Are you struggling?

Are you struggling?

byDavon Cook, Family business consultant

Depressed farmer looking at his damaged corn

‘Take mental health seriously,’ farm stress panelists warn

‘Take mental health seriously,’ farm stress panelists warn

A combine harvesting a field at sunset

What’s the point of not making money?

What’s the point of not making money?

byHolly Spangler, Prairie Farmer Editor, Farm Progress Executive Editor

farmer in flooded field

How to farm in the ups and downs

How to farm in the ups and downs

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Receive good grades this harvest season

Receive good grades this harvest season

byAllison Lynch, Senior Editor

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Feeling stressed? Find answers under your steeple

Feeling stressed? Find answers under your steeple

Farmers in a meeting

6 ways to reduce stress on the farm

6 ways to reduce stress on the farm

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Small-town suicide highlights teen mental health issues

Small-town suicide highlights teen mental health issues

byMindy Ward, Editor, Missouri Ruralist

A young woman sitting on the ground next to a cow

Mental health not only for May

Mental health not only for May

byAllison Lynch, Senior Editor

worried couple running toward bus

Who to boot from your mental health bus

Who to boot from your mental health bus

byMindy Ward, Editor, Missouri Ruralist

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Mental health care easier said than done

Mental health care easier said than done

byAllison Lynch, Senior Editor

a virtual visit with a mental health professional and a depressed man

Mental health resources for farmers

Mental health resources for farmers

byMindy Ward, Kevin Schulz

11 ag stories that'll uplift your day

11 ag stories that'll uplift your day

byStephanie Sokol

FP Next podcast

FP Next: How to manage farm stress when it’s busy

FP Next: How to manage farm stress when it’s busy

bySarah McNaughton-Peterson, Curt Arens

Texas Panhandle wildfires

Restoring native grasslands after wildfire

Restoring native grasslands after wildfire

byKay Ledbetter, Texas A&M Communications

mental health

After the wildfires: mental health challenges, symptoms

After the wildfires: mental health challenges, symptoms

byRandi Williams, Communications Specialist I

Mike Ziemba, landowner and U.S. Army veteran in Harrison County, Iowa

Conservation & Sustainability

Conservation project spurs healing

Conservation project spurs healing

female farmer staring at sun

Study says women farm owners more apt to binge drink

Study says women farm owners more apt to binge drink

Zippy Duvall greets crowd at AFBF meeting

Farm Bureau announces mental health initiatives

Farm Bureau announces mental health initiatives

byJoshua Baethge, Policy Editor

Farmer in Field

Fighting Farm Stress

Fighting Farm Stress

sad face drawn in snow

Beat the winter blues

Beat the winter blues

bySarah McNaughton-Peterson, Senior Editor

tractor at sunset

Good to know, you’ve got a friend

Good to know, you’ve got a friend

byJohn Hart, Associate Editor

Windmill

‘Losing one farmer to suicide is one too many’

‘Losing one farmer to suicide is one too many’

A young man holding a toddler wearing a cowboy hat in his arms as they look toward a sunset

’Tis the season for farmers to rest (no, really)

’Tis the season for farmers to rest (no, really)

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U.S. and Europe: How farmers handle stress

U.S. and Europe: How farmers handle stress

Ted Matthews talking while pointing to a whiteboard

The importance of mental health in agriculture

The importance of mental health in agriculture

byFran O'Leary, Senior Editor

Mental health: ‘The best tool we have is amongst ourselves’

Mental health: ‘The best tool we have is amongst ourselves’

byBrad Haire, Executive Editor

Marty Williams next to his air seeder

Producer simplifies farming by running older equipment

Producer simplifies farming by running older equipment

byShelley E. Huguley, Senior Editor

farm stress

Mental health video garners national gold medal

Mental health video garners national gold medal

byKay Ledbetter, Texas A&M Communications

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