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Producer shares personal struggles
Rancher and mental health advocate, Cyle Stewart, offers producers mental health strategies
Farmers’ mental health is likely to take a hit during times of stress such as market uncertainty and trade barriers brought on by tariffs, disease outbreaks and other geopolitical issues.
Mental health counselling offered to producers
AgKnow breaking down the barriers to mental health access for farmers
Given the physical demands that agriculture has with the weighty responsible of feeding the world, sometimes the mental weight of such a huge responsibility can be pushed aside.
Written business plan called key to farm success
Farms can be complicated because producers wear so many hats; they should develop tactics under each to ensure success
Farmers with a written business plan average returns on their assets five times higher than those who don’t put pen to paper.
National crisis line launched
The Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing has launched the National Farmer Wellness Network Crisis Line at 1-866-327-6701.
Farmers juggle mental health in face of Trump tariffs
Uncertainty might have been harder on farmer mental health than confirmed tariffs, experts say
Glacier FarmMedia – Months spent under a hammer of threatened U.S. tariffs have been hard on farmers. According to one farm mental health advocate, the lack of clarity may be even worse for farmer mental states than confirmed bad news. Follow all our coverage of the tariffs situation here Volatile periods tend to take a […] Read more
Man. mental health program receives charitable status
The Manitoba Farmer Wellness Program provides counselling services specific to farmers, their families and employees
Glacier FarmMedia – The Manitoba Farmer Wellness Program is now a registered charity recognized by the Canada Revenue Agency. Founded in October 2021, the program provides up to nine confidential counselling sessions per year to farmers, their families and farm employees. Sessions are delivered by professional counsellors with agricultural backgrounds. The program’s counselling services began […] Read more
Farmer works to make mental health a priority
An Ontario dairy farmer says stressors and stigma affect producers, but there are ways for the community to help
Glacier FarmMedia – Rates of depression, anxiety and chronic stress are high among Canadian farmers, and in many cases they are higher than the general population. Addressing these issues is the work of Tim May, Ontario dairy farmer and self-styled “agvocate” for farmer mental health. May spoke at the virtually hosted National Symposium on Agricultural […] Read more
The arts can help encourage personal reflection in agriculture
In the Australian play entitled Kick Off Ya Boots, the actors and characters are farmers who talk about the farm with love and humour while finding their own path within their own fence lines. One deeply moving scene starts with farmer Harry: “Sometimes it’s like I’m driving a truckload of cattle down a road. And […] Read more
Horse venture opens doors
REGINA — Taylor Douglas is well known in the horse world, but these days you might find him on a reality TV show or advocating for mental health. It’s all because of a three-month-old business that started with a horse mineral. Earlier this fall, he and his partner, Jayne Trimble, started Happy Horses, a company […] Read more
