Iowa
Farm Mental Health and Wellness Program Benefits Iowa Farmers, Rural Communities
ISU Extension and Outreach contact: David Brown, behavioral well being state specialist, dnbrown@iastate.edu
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa farm households and their advocates are benefitting from psychological well being and stress help in addition to different wellness assist, due to the Farm and Ranch Wellness: Assembly Native Wants program.
In August 2021, the Iowa Division of Agriculture and Land Stewardship was awarded a $500,000 grant to broaden farmer psychological well being assist applications in Iowa. During the last 12 months, the Division has partnered with Iowa State College Extension and Outreach to assist elevate consciousness about psychological well being and wellness assets and make them extra accessible to farmers and rural communities.
“We wish anybody coping with stress and psychological well being challenges to know that they aren’t alone,” mentioned Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig. “This profitable partnership between the division and Iowa State College Extension and Outreach has helped to make sure that psychological well being and wellness assets can be found and accessible to farm households and residents of our rural communities throughout our state.”
By way of this grant, ISU Extension and Outreach employees have offered greater than 1,500 direct, one-on-one native consultations and almost 6,000 group consultations throughout the state, sharing key farm stress assets. Particular person contacts have been made with veterinarian workplaces, cooperatives, banks and credit score unions, licensed public accountants, crop manufacturing companies, Farm Service Company workplaces, Farm Credit score Service workplaces, native seed firms, farm implement sellers, and lots of others. Group consultations have been supplied at Personal Pesticide Applicator, Farmland Leasing, and Annie’s Mission conferences, in addition to to county extension councils and Rotary golf equipment, amongst others. Throughout these consultations and conferences, greater than 25,000 farm stress useful resource publications have been shared.
“What’s essential is that we put a listing of remarkable assets into the palms of people and companies who might most profit,” mentioned David Brown, behavioral well being state specialist with ISU Extension and Outreach. “Our farmers, ranchers and producers are nonetheless being impacted by the lingering results of COVID-19, drought and excessive enter prices, and might nonetheless profit from stress help and different types of assist.”
A type of assets is the Iowa Concern hotline. This system started in 1985 as a toll-free quantity serving the agricultural neighborhood in the course of the farm disaster of the time. As we speak, Iowa Concern serves each city and rural Iowans, however is a key hyperlink to emphasize help for these farmers or farm households who could also be struggling. Iowa Concern companies can be found 24 hours a day, 7 days per week by calling 800-447-1985 or visiting https://www.extension.iastate.edu/iowaconcern/.
The Iowa Division of Agriculture and Land Stewardship utilized for grant funding to assist this work by means of the “Farm and Ranch Help Community” program. Funding is offered by means of the USDA Nationwide Institute of Meals and Agriculture by means of award fund 2021-70035-35720.
The initiative builds upon current ISU Extension and Outreach efforts on this space, together with:
- increasing Psychological Well being First Support and Query, Persuade, Refer facilitators and coaching.
- offering Psychological Well being First Support and QPR to these concerned in agriculture, their advocates and youth professionals serving rural areas of the state.
- creating a web-based presence to assist useful resource and knowledge sharing.
- creating a “tradition of agriculture” coaching program directed to psychological well being and healthcare suppliers.
Extra assets can be found on the North Central Farm and Ranch Stress Help Heart web site at farmstress.org/. Digital copies of farm stress useful resource publications are additionally obtainable at no cost obtain from the Extension Retailer web site, together with Farm Stress and Psychological Well being (HS 180A) and Stress on the Farm (HS180).
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Iowa
Iowa football: Kickoff time, TV announced for Hawkeyes’ Oct. 19 game at Michigan State
Video: Jay Higgins on Iowa’s defensive performance in loss to Ohio State
Jay Higgins discusses a variety of topics after Iowa’s 35-7 loss to Ohio State.
The Iowa football team’s Oct. 19 game at Michigan State will kick off at 6:30 p.m. CT.
The Big Ten contest will be televised on NBC.
Iowa plays host to Washington on Saturday, Oct. 12. That game is set for 11:10 a.m. CT.
Iowa
Dry weather forecasted to stick around in Iowa – KIWA Radio
IARN – While the temperatures have been enjoyable lately, the lack of rainfall has been anything but. After experiencing the driest September on record, drought and fire dangers have increased. Justin Glisan, state climatologist for Iowa, said that the drought monitor has been repopulated with zones of abnormally dry conditions.
Read more at Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network.
Iowa
Iowa Tied for Sixth at Fighting Irish Classic
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The University of Iowa men’s golf team finished two rounds of play at the Fighting Irish Classic on Sunday. The Hawkeyes currently sit in sixth place out of 15 teams.
Sophomore Noah Kent and junior Gage Messingham are both leading the Hawkeyes, tied for 8th place overall. Kent shot 1-over (71) in the first round and 1-under (69) in the second round, finishing with a total score of 140. Messingham join Kent as the only other Hawkeye to go under-par today in a round.
Sophomore Max Tjoa is tied for 37th place, shooting rounds of 74 and 72, with a total score of 146. Senior Chance Rinkol posted scores of 71 and 77 in the first and second rounds, respectively, and sits tied for 51st place with a score of 148. Senior Josh Lundmark recorded rounds of 79 and 71, finishing tied for 64th place with a total score of 150.
HAWKEYE SCORECARD
6/15 | Team | +5 | +3 | 148 |
T8 | Gage Messingham | -1 | +1 | 140 |
T8 | Noah Kent | +1 | -1 | 140 |
T37 | Max Tjoa | +4 | +2 | 146 |
T51 | Chance Rinkol | +1 | +7 | 148 |
T64 | Josh Lundmark | +9 | +1 | 150 |
HEAR FROM HEAD COACH TYLER STITH
“Today was a very strong team performance with Noah and Gage leading the way. We showed a lot of grit all day but especially down the stretch. We’re in a great position heading into the final round.”
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