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The Farm Stress podcast focuses on supporting farmers, farm families, and workers in the commercial agriculture industry who are experiencing stress. In each podcast, we will tackle topics that challenge our farming community, provide constructive suggestions, and build awareness around the potentially stressful conditions affecting farmers.
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In this episode, Jayne Sebright, the Executive Director of the Center for Dairy Excellence and its Dairy Excellence Foundation, talks about resources available from the Center to help farm families navigate various challenges. This interview was part of the You’re in Good Company: The Farming Community Cares Panel, which was held at the Pennsylvani…
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Join our team for a conversation with Rich Galutia, the current President of the Penn Ag board, who will share thoughts from his experience working with the ag community during stressful times including the highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in Pennsylvania. Episode host: Ginger Fenton, Penn State Extension…
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In this episode, we will speak with Andy Bater, a fourth-generation farmer who was a guest panelist for the You’re in Good Company: The Farming Community Cares Panel, which was held at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in January 2024. In this episode, we continue our conversation from the panel discussion by talking about the unique challenges farmers fa…
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In this episode, we have a conversation with JJ Barrett from West Virginia University Extension about the importance of starting a conversation among family members about the future of the farm. We explore strategies to open lines of communication even when family members may disagree on the next phase of farm life. Host, Sonya Nace is an Extension…
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In this episode, we will speak with Licensed Social Worker Dawn Foringer. She will discuss the benefits for farmers and farm families, proactively discussing and completing advance care planning documents. She will highlight the differences between advance directives, living wills, and power of attorney documents. Listen to learn more about the imp…
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Farm succession planning can be incredibly overwhelming and a significant stressor for farm families. While it can be a heavy burden for families to initiate and move through the succession planning process, it is ultimately a stressor that farm families can control. Join our Extension team as we talk with Jennifer Wetzel of Mette, Evans, and Woods…
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Join our Penn State educators as we talk briefly about some of major regulations that can cause significant stress for farmers and their loved ones. While many of these regulations are beyond our control, Jill and Sonya discuss some helpful strategies for farmers and their families to handle these regulations to avoid creating additional stress whe…
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Farmers have a high risk of being involved in a work-related accident due to the labor-intensive nature of their work. While some accidents are definitively unavoidable, it is crucial to learn how to manage the aftereffects of an accident through healthy coping mechanisms. This episode also briefly discusses how consistent healthy wellness practice…
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In this episode, Chi and Amber introduce and discuss some everyday financial stressors that farmers and their families face. While many of these stressors fall outside an individual's control, Chi offers some stress management techniques for dealing with these stressors, along with some proactive suggestions to mitigate the effects of financial str…
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While disease outbreaks can often be an uncontrollable stressor for farmers and their livestock, there are measures that can be taken to prevent catastrophic losses. In this episode of Farm Stress Real Talk with Penn State Extension, our educators discuss some general preventative steps to mitigate the presence of disease outbreaks among their comm…
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