Programs

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Missouri AgrAbility

AgrAbility helps farmers with disabilities and their families succeed. The program provides practical education and on-the-farm assistance that promotes agricultural and rural independence.

Resources

Farm Management Minute: Mental Health Resources for Farmers

In this MU Extension Farm Management Minute segment, MU Extension specialist Joni Harper introduces the Skills for Psychological Recovery for Farm Stress program.

Managing Mental Health segment: Trainings Can Save Lives

In this Managing Mental Health segment (brief audio interviews that are a partnership with the Missouri Department of Mental Health and Brownfield Ag News), MU Extension Instructor Karen Funkenbusch shares tools and resources available to farmers and anyone in rural Missouri going through a tough time.

Managing Mental Health segment: Less Stressful Farm Transitions

In this Managing Mental Health segment (brief audio interviews that are a partnership with the Missouri Department of Mental Health and Brownfield Ag News), MU Extension field specialist in Agriculture Business and Policy Wesley Tucker shares tips on how to minimize stress when transitioning the farm.

Managing Mental Health segment: Loneliness

In this Managing Mental Health segment (brief audio interviews that are a partnership with the Missouri Department of Mental Health and Brownfield Ag News), MU Extension Instructor Karen Funkenbusch discusses the loneliness, isolation and lack of connection that can occur in rural Missouri.

Meet the experts

Jim Crawford, DIRECTOR, GRAVES-CHAPPLE EXTENSION & EDUCATION CENTER & FIELD SPECIALIST IN AGRI SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY
Jim Crawford

Director of Graves-Chapple Extension and Education Center, Field Specialist in Agri Systems Technology

Darla Campbell, FIELD SPECIALIST IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Darla Campbell

FIELD SPECIALIST IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Karen Funkenbusch
Karen Funkenbusch

Extension Instructor

Rachel Hopkins, FIELD SPECIALIST IN AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS
Rachel Hopkins

FIELD SPECIALIST IN AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS

Katie Neuner, FIELD SPECIALIST IN AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS
Katie Neuner

Field Specialist in Agricultural Business

Mary Sobba, FIELD SPECIALIST IN AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS
Mary Sobba

Field Specialist in Agricultural Business