Fostering Resilience: Self-Care Strategies in Agriculture

If you’ve ever looked out over your field and felt both pride and pressure rolling around in the pit of your stomach, you aren’t the only one to have felt this way. Agriculture is far more than a job, it’s your life. While it comes with deep rewards, it can also take a toll on your mental and physical health.

For one there is the endless hours followed by financial uncertainty, weather disasters, livestock emergencies, and the “just get through it” mentality. This can leave even the toughest people running on empty.

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