MSU Extension Managing Farm Stress

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  Combating the Opioid Crisis through Outreach and Education

  Published on July 20, 2020
  Over 130 people die every day from opioid overdose in the United States, and nearly 3 in 4 of Michigan’s overdose deaths are attributable to opioids.

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  Helping Farmers & Agricultural Professionals Manage Stress

  Published on July 20, 2020
  Through MSU Extension’s farm stress programming, farmers, their families and agricultural professionals alike learned stress management techniques, about resources to get through tough times, ways to communicate with farmers under stress and more.

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  Assessing Farm Stress

  Published on July 2, 2020
  The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly discussion for July 2, 2020, focuses on assessing farm stress, presented by Eric Karbowski, MSU Extension behavior health educator.

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  Farmers Helping Farmers with Farm Stress

  Published on March 30, 2020
  Knowing the signs and symptoms of stress in agriculture is critical. The webinar will also describe warning signs of suicide and available resources to help support someone in need.

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  Bulletin E-3410: Understanding Enterprise Budgets and Economic Profit

  Published on February 5, 2020
  A bulletin by MSU Extension's Beginning Farmer DEMaND Series focusing on the use of enterprise budgets to help beginning farmers obtain a firm grasp on revenues, expenses, and profitability.

• Income Statement Worksheet

  Published on August 23, 2019
  Use this worksheet to convert Schedule F tax information to an accrual adjusted income statement.

• FINPACK Balance Sheet

  Published on August 23, 2019
  List current-, intermediate- and long-term farm assets as well as liabilities.

• Balance Sheet Prep Template with Supporting Schedules

  Published on August 22, 2019
  Balance Sheet Preparation Template with Supporting Schedules (Cash Based Tax Payer).

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  Bulletin E-3407: How to Motivate Your Lender to Say, “Yes”

  Published on July 31, 2019
  A bulletin by MSU Extension's Beginning Farmer DEMaND Series with suggestions to help beginning farmer understand the lending process in order to obtain farm financing.

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  Emergency Hay and Silage Forage Crops

  Published on July 12, 2019
  Forage shortages can be good news for growers who are able to harvest because prices may be strong, but are bad news for those unable to harvest.

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  Delayed Planting Resources

  Published on June 24, 2019
  Wet weather and flooding resulted in severely delayed planting and a need to adjust farm management practices. MSU Extension's statewide network of agricultural educators work with farmers and provide informative articles to assist in decision making.

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  Creating a spending plan

  Published on June 19, 2019
  For farmers dealing with variable income, low commodity prices and increasing debt, a spending plan can be a useful tool in managing farm family finances or their household (nonbusiness) finances.