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Mike Rosmann: Think you’re a farmer? Take Dr. Mike’s quiz

Want to see how much you know about agriculture? Take the quiz and figure out your score. For each item below, circle the answer you think comes closest to defining these agricultural terms.

By By Mike Rosmann , July 27, 2012

Mike Rosmann: Droughts take a toll on all of our hopes

If you operate a farm or ranch you probably know what it is like to experience a drought. You find yourself checking the western horizon more frequently than usual.

By By Mike Rosmann , July 20, 2012

Mike Rosmann: Recovering from farm and ranch disasters

Recently, a Midwestern farm newspaper editor wrote me: “We have a lot of people in our area who were hit by tornadoes, or know people who were. How do we cope emotionally with loss of homes, farms, property and loved ones months after the fact?

By By Mike Rosmann , July 13, 2012

Mike Rosmann: How many shoes does one need?

Let me state at the outset, I think we need only about 50 pairs of shoes during our entire lifetime. Maybe we need even fewer, depending on a number of factors, such as where and how hard we work, how long we live, whether we can afford shoes and not much else.

By By Mike Rosmann , July 06, 2012

Mike Rosmann: Healing post-traumatic stress disorder on farm

Last week I explained how post-traumatic stress disorder can develop. Reacting to a traumatic event with alarm is normal, but when we overreact with alarm to any reminder or cue of the trauma to the degree that distress interferes with our daily lives, it’s time to take corrective actions.

By By Mike Rosmann , June 29, 2012

Mike Rosmann: Survival mechanisms go awry in PTSD cases

In many ways, post- traumatic stress disorder is a normal response that has gone haywire. The initial trigger situation might be: the explosion of a bomb alongside an Afghanistan road; severe farm financial pressures, such as loan foreclosure; getting hit on a highway by a drunken driver whose vehicle swerved into your lane; or any severe traumatic event.

June 22, 2012

Mike Rosmann: Are farmers’ online dating services helpful?

Most single farmers and ranchers don’t like feeling lonely. They worry about finding a compatible partner who understands the rigors associated with raising crops or livestock and living in the country. Finding “the right person” can be difficult.

By By Mike Rosmann , June 08, 2012

Mike Rosmann: Tips on recognizing, addressing depression

After reading previous columns about depression and suicide among farmers, several readers asked, “How do I know when someone is depressed or suicidal and what can I do?”

By By Mike Rosmann , June 01, 2012

Mike Rosmann: Depression common for farmers, ranchers

Depression is a very real problem for many farmers. Usually farmers and ranchers don’t like to talk about feeling depressed except when joking around. Like, “These prices sure make me depressed.” There are many kinds of depression.

By By Mike Rosmann , May 25, 2012

Mike Rosmann: Did we learn our lesson from last farm crisis?

Many farm economists and some of my farmer friends, who remember the farm crisis of the 1980s, are concerned we could be heading into a similar episode. “It feels like the late 1970s,” they say.

By By Mike Rosmann , May 18, 2012

Mike Rosmann: Wife’s gardens can be source of frustration

Like many farm couples, my wife plants the flower gardens, and I take care of the vegetable gardens. Anyhow, that’s how she sees it.

By By Mike Rosmann , May 11, 2012

Mike Rosmann: Find place to think, then quietly meditate

This week’s message is a follow-up to a previous column about “Our Best Places to Think.” We need places where we have the solitude to think and meditate.

By By Mike Rosmann , May 04, 2012

Mike Rosmann: Best thinking done in raspberry patch

I do some of my best thinking in the raspberry patch. At the end of a mind-numbing day that has frazzled me, from late July until the first hard frost, I often end up picking red raspberries from our ever-bearing canes.

By By Mike Rosmann , April 27, 2012

Mike Rosmann: Attachment important to many relationships

As I take over the production of this weekly column, I am glad to see the outpouring of affection by many readers to Dr. Val Farmer. His kind and helpful words had a positive effect on many people during his 28 years of writing this column. Many readers and others he has assisted have developed positive attachments to Dr. Val.

By By Mike Rosmann , April 20, 2012

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