A new bipartisan task force is set to tackle the regulatory burdens weighing down Washington's farmers, aiming for relief by 2028!
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Vveinhardt, J. & Žukovskis, J. (2025). Stress and the Farmer’s Profile: Demographic and Structural Divides. European Countryside, 17(4), 2025. 694-711. https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2025-0035 This study aimed to examine how stressors experienced by farmers varied depending on demographic and structural factors to identify the most vulnerable farmer groups. Such data are essential for developing agricultural policy proposals aimed at strengthening the psychosocial well-being of farmers. The study was conducted in Lithuania, a region in Central and Eastern Europe with a specific historical, social and economic context. The data were collected in 2024 from 288 farmers using the Farmerś Stressors Inventory and processed employing descriptive statistical methods. Uncertainty about the future, financial worries and pressure from agricultural legislation were found to be the greatest stressors for farmers. Depending on groups, factors causing stress (hereafter referred to as stressors) differed significantly: older farmers were more likely to experience physical isolation, younger farmers were more likely to experience financial pressure, longer farming seniority was associated with greater stress related to legislation, and medium-sized farms distinguished themselves by higher stress related to labor intensity, administrative burden, and social conflicts. The results show how stressors can vary even in the context of one country, depending on the social portraits of farmers, and highlight the need to differentiate psychosocial support strategies. The results can be integrated into comparative international studies and enable the development of empirically-based locally sensitive agricultural policies.
Farmers in Lithuania face diverse stressors depending on their age, experience, and farm size. Uncertainty, financial pressures, and agricultural legislation top the list. doi.org/10.2478/euco...
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Rural behavioral health studies tell us this clearly: when your work is your legacy, asking for help can feel like failure.
Naming the pain is the first act of courage.
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PODCAST: Monica McConkey brings both lived experience & clinical expertise. She grew up on a farm in Minnesota & has spent 30+ years supporting farm families thru hardship, loss & healing.
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Decades of travel and car camping with my dogs served me well in setting up a safe space for her, where the inevitable urine and feces wasn’t a problem.
Now I get to learn to sub-Q injections.
My mom and her parents would be proud of me. Dad and his uncle, too. Judi H, too.
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And now with this morning's rain, we can breathe a bit easier! 3/3
#Pfennings #Pfennings4Me #FarmLife #Rain #Thankful #Gratitude #HeatWave #FarmStress #LoveOntFood #LoveLocal #OntarioOrganic #OntarioFarm #CanadianFarm
We think it's important to keep the conversation about Mental Health going. Listen as Duane Brandsma shares about his personal battle with mental illness & why he's speaking out about the importance of mental health for farmers.
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“…[I]f a #farmer has a physical injury, the #community is quick to show up with casseroles when he gets out of the hospital, but if it’s a mental health crisis, he comes home to ‘crickets.’”
Devastating. Painfully accurate.
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Graphic for Stress Awareness Month with storm clouds over a field. Text in the middle of the graphic says, "7 Signs of Stress on the Farm" with a bulleted list that says, "Change in routine or social activities, Decline in care of domestic animals, Increase in farm incidents, Decline in physical appearance of farmstead, Decreased interest in events or activities."
It can be difficult to acknowledge the impacts of #farmstress. The 5 signs of stress can be printed off here, gpcah.public-health.uiowa.edu/mentalhealth/, under print resources.
Be sure to make mental health part of your farm safety conversation. #StressAwarenessMonth
