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Ranch and farm families should have their own experts—a team of experts—made up of individuals, organizations, and businesses that possess important skills or information to help agricultural producers at needed times.
Why have a team of experts? A well-chosen and helpful team may make an agricultural producer more successful and is another way of dealing with stress.
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TRUST compels us to act based on our perceptions of another, in other words an individual’s belief in, and willingness to act on the basis of the words, actions, and decisions of another. It is much easier to lose trust than it is to build it up. It is important for families, as well as individuals, to be proactive in their efforts to develop and nurture a sense of trust within the family. That foundation of trust also carries over into a family business. Understanding the factors that can affect trust in a relationship is a great place to begin to understand how to build, or rebuild, trust.
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The last few years have been difficult for farm and ranch families. Many are experiencing financial and emotional stress as a result. There are several signs or symptoms when a farm family may be in need of help. These are signs that can be observed by friends, extended family members, neighbors, milk haulers, veterinarians, clergy persons, school personnel, or health and human services workers.
When family members, friends or neighbors are exhibiting signs of stress and depression, it is important they be connected with help as soon as possible. All cries for help should be taken seriously.
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Complete the four steps to address final instructions and wishes to be fulfilled:
* Define what is a “good” death for you
* Identify and document wishes for the end of life
* Document your final wishes
* Develop a list of secure places and passwords
Document your wishes with Advance Directives — formal documents that explicitly describe your desires for care near the end, including:
* Medical/health care directives
* Living wills
* Powers of attorney
* Wills, and
* Estate plans
You may also want to inform others of your preferences related to death.
Not talking doesn’t ease the pain associated with loss . . . Not talking can also make it harder for those left behind.
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Roger holds down a job in town to supplement income from the family ranch. He is up before everyone else in the house on most days, and his schedule and lack of adequate sleep often have him feeling as if he does morning chores in a stupor. Although he is able to recognize stress signals, Roger sometimes feels powerless to address them. “There just isn’t any extra time in my day,” he says.
Practicing relaxation may seem too time-consuming or even like a waste of time for many ranchers and farmers. But in the overall scheme of things, the benefits will make you more effective throughout each day.
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View a free recording about addressing end-of-Life issues and other important topics … before time runs out!
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Rushing to town to buy spare parts, watching hay supplies dwindle during an unusually cold winter, helping a heifer live through a complicated birth—these images of agricultural life can be as familiar to producers as those of joyful times on the family land. That said, it may be hard to imagine the need for a resource that helps to identify and control stress on the ranch or farm. For many agricultural producers, however, these and other situations are so much a part of routine living that they are not readily identified as stressful.
Simply hiding the effects of stress is not always the best choice. It is much healthier to identify stress and find constructive ways to deal with it.
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DO your legacy plans address all five components of a true legacy: values and life lessons, personal possessions of emotional value, fulfilling final wishes and instructions, ownership of financial assets and real estate, and management succession?
HAVE you considered the end, including the possibility of: A spiritual advisor or counselor, hospice or other care at home, appropriate levels of medical care, or riding off into-the-sunset?
HAVE you drafted your Advance Directives to explicitly describe your wishes for care near the end, including: medical/health care directives, living wills, powers of attorney, wills, or estate plans?
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The image of the solid and steady agricultural producer is so familiar that it may even be considered a symbol of the West. One animal is sick, and disease may be spreading; cattle prices are falling just as it is time to ship; a storm front is moving toward the property—but this producer can handle it. It is “just part of the agricultural way of life.”
But what happens when life’s circumstances interfere with the image presented to the rest of the world?
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