Entertaining on the Farm

From the Ag Information Community, I’m Bob Larson. Rising input charges and larger inflation is adding to anxiety stages on farms across the place.

Karen Endres (EHN-dress) is the farmer wellness system coordinator for the Wisconsin Division of Agriculture, and says she talks to a lot of producers about today’s issues on the farm …

ENDRES … “So, you can find been a whole lot of dialogue about tension on our people, on our enterprises, and some factors we can do about that. We have had some discussions about what is self-care, like how do we take care of ourselves in a time when we’re experience anxiety or anxiety?”

Ednres suggests it really is actually critical, specially when we are in this pandemic, to link with your group again, like in the previous days and card get-togethers …

ENDRES … “Remember, we all have all those stories, whether it was our parents or grandparents, they constantly experienced a standing card team that they would go to, and some of them would be out till 2 am, and they’d be back milking cows at 5 am. And it was that custom, but portion of that tradition is it was entertaining. It was connecting with some others, and it was accomplishing anything that aided us relax and take pleasure in, so seeking to deliver back some of those people points into our lives.”

She says it’s ok to have enjoyable, even as farmers …

ENDRES … “We deal with issues. We do the job, operate, function, correct, when maybe we can not have that excess staff right now due to the fact, one, they are not out there, or two, we really don’t have the cash for it. So, it’s definitely about attempting to perform some of that pleasurable back again into our lives.”

Karen Endres of the Wisconsin Division of Agriculture.