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A late spring doesn’t mean forgetting about on-farm farm safety

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association May 22, 2018

It has been a long winter by all accounts. Farmers across the Prairies are anxious to get the seed in the ground. According to the Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting data, agriculture-related fatalities happen most often from May to October. Of course, this makes sense, as this is when the majority of farming occurs; however, understanding […] Read more

Columns

Next time you’re crazy, talk to someone

By Lee Hart April 3, 2018

I usually want my columns to be of as much general interest as possible, but this issue I’m targeting just those readers who are crazy. You know who you are. You’re the people who get up every morning, have breakfast, put your boots on and head out the door to start your day — yes […] Read more

Features

Mental health is a farm safety issue

Farming is stressful, for farmers and their families. Make mental health a priority

By Shannon Silinski March 15, 2018

Farmers had to be tough or we wouldn’t have started farming the Prairies. This toughness is mental as well as physical. It is also lonely. And with 60 per cent of us experiencing anxiety, 36 per cent suffering from depression and over 45 per cent living with high stress it is a farm safety issue […] Read more

I want to take steps now to make sure my husband stays healthy — both physically and mentally.

Farm Life, FarmLife

I worry about my farmer’s stress

Nurse Loves Farmer: Measures need to be taken to preserve health and decrease stress levels on the farm

By Sarah Schultz December 1, 2017

In the fall of 2006 when I was still dating my farmer, I’ll never forget the day we were lounging in his basement bedroom listening to music in the house he rented from in Edmonton. This house was a mere three-block stroll to the University of Alberta, where he was finishing up his crop sciences […] Read more

FarmLife, Wheat & Chaff

Mental health on the farm: understanding stress

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association October 25, 2017

According to a 2005 report, almost two-thirds of Canadian farmers are feeling stressed on their farms. One in five farmers describe themselves as being “very stressed” while almost half (45 per cent) describe themselves as being “somewhat stressed.” Stress is all around us. Understanding it and managing it are essential in having healthy minds and […] Read more

Many soybean fields are showing signs of injury, including patches of premature yellowing, says Manitoba Agriculture plant pathologist Holly Derksen. In many cases the cause could be a combination of stressors. (Photo courtesy Holly Derksen, Manitoba Agriculture)

Crops, Soybeans, Weather

Stressors pile up for Manitoba soybeans

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News September 1, 2017

Damaged patches of soybeans around Manitoba this year could be due to a combination of stresses, says Manitoba Agriculture plant pathologist Holly Derksen. “It’s a tricky year for diagnosing these problems,” Derksen said Wednesday during the Crop Talk Westman webinar. “When multiple stressors are present often the soybean plants may respond differently. Not all plants, […] Read more

FarmLife

Farm life tension audit — time to fix your stress mess

Complete this checklist to see how you could help fix your tension this year

By Elaine Froese February 26, 2016

Recently Mike Lipkin offered me a checklist of champions, and it encouraged me to think about being more intentional about identifying how to be a champion. Here is another checklist of what might be creating tension on our farms when you don’t feel like a champion! Take a few moments for self-care and self-awareness to […] Read more

Farm Life, FarmLife

Farm women… love yourself more than your cows!

Home Quarter: Are you tired of being last? Decide what to hang on to and what to let go of

By Elaine Froese December 4, 2015

The cartoon featured a man and wife sitting upright in their bed with the man holding a pitchfork and a Holstein cow between them. The caption reads: “Honey you love your cows more than me!” Some dairy folks don’t find this funny, because they see a grain of truth in the humour. The cows often […] Read more

Farm Life, FarmLife

Stopping the conflict avoidance dance on your farm

Here’s some ways to engage in constructive conversation

By Elaine Froese October 23, 2015

You are likely exhausted from harvest as you have grabbed this paper for a few moments of “downtime.” Harvest stress gives everyone on the farm team a chance to show their true colours as to how they manage mistakes and high tension. My question for you is, “Are you tired of the conflict avoidance dance […] Read more

Farmer sitting in tractor wheel with wheat in hands

FarmLife

Stopping the shame game

No one can function well when they always feel like a failure 

By Elaine Froese February 20, 2015

We sat crowded a round the kitchen table less than a stone’s throw from the main farmhouse, two young frustrated farm couples and me, the farm coach. My eyes met the eyes of a daughter in-law (DIL) whose ready tears were about to roll as I explained that sometimes in the culture of agriculture there […] Read more

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

GFM Network News

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

Tag Archives stress

A late spring doesn’t mean forgetting about on-farm farm safety

Next time you’re crazy, talk to someone

Mental health is a farm safety issue

I worry about my farmer’s stress

Mental health on the farm: understanding stress

Stressors pile up for Manitoba soybeans

Farm life tension audit — time to fix your stress mess

Farm women… love yourself more than your cows!

Stopping the conflict avoidance dance on your farm

Stopping the shame game

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