Concern about farmer suicide is growing, and agriculturalists and people living in rural communities have a vital role in addressing the problem, a farm stress expert says. "Be a good neighbor. Be ...

Unpredictable weather, falling net farm income, spotty health care services and a host of other factors can make for incredible stress on farms and in rural communities. Many of the factors causing ...

An invisible threat feasts on fears of declining cattle prices and thrives on unpaid bills, hail forecasts and sleepless nights. It is in you and it is in me and if it is not under control, neither is ...

Our guest this week on the Agweek Podcast is Sean Brotherson from North Dakota State University in Fargo, N.D., where he's a professor and Extension Family Science Specialist. Sean is a mental health ...

Between unpredictable weather, long hours and tight margins, farming has always been tough. But these days, the weight feels heavier. Market swings. High input costs. Changing regulations. They all ...

James Gagne and Noam Brautigam relax for a few minutes after the morning chores were done at Dickey Hill Farm in Monroe in this June 25, 2015, file photo. Credit: Gabor Degre Editor’s note: This is ...

Two NDSU researchers have published a paper giving high marks to a program designed to help aging adults prevent falls. Sean Brotherson, professor and NDSU Extension family science specialist, and ...

A Burnham farmer talks about a corn crop stunted by wet, cool weather needed to feed 800 dairy cows in this July 29, 2009, file photo. Farming is fulfilling, but it can also be exceptionally stressful ...