Webinar Title: Successful Self-Care in a Challenging Ag Economy
Day/Date: Monday, September 23, 2024
Time: 1:00 pm CST  

Speaker: Dr. David N. Brown – is a licensed marital and family therapist, who currently serves as the Behavioral Health State Specialist for Iowa State University Extension and Outreach (ISUEO). His key program and grant emphases are farm stress management, workplace resiliency, relationship education, mental health literacy, and suicide prevention.

Webinar Description: 
As profitability in the agricultural sector becomes more challenging, farmers and farm families often feel alone in the battle to maintain solvency through difficult economic conditions in the Ag industry. Producers can often feel a sense of personal failure despite a complete lack of control over the broad range of market forces that contribute to downturns in profitability. It is critical to remember that you are not alone, your neighbor, banker, seed salesman, equipment dealer, the industry as a whole are participating in these challenging times. Join the Iowa Farm Bureau as we host David Brown, Behavioral Health State Specialist with Iowa State University, to discuss ways to navigate these challenging conditions and resources available to producers who need assistance managing stress, and stressful situations, on their operations. To view the recording, click the button below.


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For more information, contact Zach Brummer, Iowa Farm Bureau, Farmer Education Program Manager (zbrummer@ifbf.org).