Managing for Profit

Compounded stress on the farm

Missouri Ag Director Chris Chinn says farmers are not the best at de-stressing.

In this Managing for Profit on Brownfield, Chinn – a family farmer herself – says it’s important to take time for yourself. She says farmers and ranchers “are probably the worst at making time for themselves.” Chinn and her husband Kevin are members of a family farming operation where she does the books on weekends. For women on the farm, she says, there are often added pressures.

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