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Mental Health
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April 11, 2024
News
Alberta legislation aims to establish new mental health corporation
Alberta’s government is bringing forward legislation to establish the Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence (CoRE). If passed, the Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence Act, 2024, will establish CoRE as a crown corporation to inform best practices in mental health and addiction; conduct research and program evaluation; and support the development of evidence-based policies for mental…
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March 29, 2024
Health & Production
Need to talk? Here are some resources from across Canada
If you or someone you know is in immediate danger: If you or someone you know is thinking of suicide: If you need support, but don’t know where to go: 211 Alberta / 211 Canada Counselling Alberta More 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline Alberta Addiction Health Line Alberta’s One Line for Sexual Violence Agknow Alcoholics Anonymous…
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January 10, 2024
Business Tools
Survey: Alberta Farm Mental Health
To get a better picture of Alberta farmers and ranchers’ mental health needs and struggles, AgKnow is launching a Farm Mental Health Survey. The survey, according to AgKnow, is to help drive change in mental health support for farming communities across the province. “Your responses pave the way for tailored support programs that directly address…
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November 28, 2023
Health & Production
Alberta government increases funding for mental health research and support
The Agricultural Research and Extension Council of Alberta is receiving $388,500 to generate awareness and expand mental health research and supports available to farmers through AgKnow. The AgKnow Alberta Farmer Mental Health Network was established in 2022 with a $524,500 Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP) grant. The funding will build on the work AgKnow is doing…
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July 28, 2023
Issues & Insights
What We’re Reading | Stress or anxiety – what do you mean it’s both?
By Dr. Rebecca Purc-Stephenson for the Alberta Farm Mental Health Network We’ve all felt anxious at one point or another in our lives. It’s a very normal reaction to stress. It’s feeling worried, panicked, fearful, and uneasy about a future concern. We might even feel faint, sweaty like our heart is racing, or we have…
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July 7, 2023
Issues & Insights
Producers needed for survey on farm stress
The University of Alberta is partnering with AgKnow, the Alberta Farm Mental Health Network, to conduct a study on the health and well-being of Alberta farmers and ranchers. Farmers, ranchers, and anyone who lives or works on a farm can participate in this online survey, which will cover what they find stressful about their work,…
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June 13, 2023
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Support your friends this Buddy Up Month
Clay’s farm isn’t doing well, and he says he hasn’t been able to finish his daily jobs. He’s not going to the coffee shop or texting friends anymore. If you have a friend like Clay, step up and offer your support. Clay is the agriculture persona for Buddy Up, a men’s suicide prevention communication campaign….
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February 3, 2023
Issues & Insights
New initiatives underway to improve ag mental health support
Despite growing awareness of mental health in the agriculture community, stigma is still a barrier to finding support. The 2019 Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food found that 45 per cent of Canadian farmers were experiencing high levels of stress. However, 45 per cent stated that even if they needed help they…
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December 14, 2022
Issues & Insights
What We’re Reading | U of A researcher working to improve mental health of Alberta farmers
By Dylana Twittey, The Gateway – The Official Student Publication at the University of Alberta Research by a University of Alberta professor aims to help combat high levels of stress, depression and suicide in Alberta’s farming and agriculture industry. The research is being done by Rebecca Purc-Stephenson, a professor in the department of social sciences…
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June 2, 2022
Checking in with ABP
Introducing agriculture’s Buddy Up persona
We’ve given our buddies help with processing cattle, or picked up parts for them because we were in town anyway, but how often do we take the time to ask how they’re really doing? Last year the Centre for Suicide Prevention (CSP) added a character to their ever-growing list of personas. This is Clay. Clay was developed…
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June 1, 2022
Checking in with ABP
The Bovine: Hoping for rain, Buddy Up Month, and planning a pit roast
Welcome back to another episode of The Bovine! (If you haven’t heard, that’s the name of our monthly audio show.) On today’s episode, hear: ABP Delegate and Medicine Hat area farmer, Craig Lehr, with an update on the dry conditions in his area; Akash Asif from the Centre for Suicide Prevention on men’s mental health,…
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October 16, 2021
Checking in with ABP
Taking care in difficult times
We are all in this together Farming and ranching have long been one of the more stressful and dangerous occupations. In addition to the physical demands in the field, there is something we don’t talk about enough and that is the emotional labour and demands of our industry. The constant worry about the animals in our…
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Cattle Report
Updated: 25/04/2024
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| Expiry | Fed | Feeder | Calf |
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| 22-Jul-24 | 234 | -- | -- |
| 19-Aug-24 | 230 | 332 | -- |
| 16-Sep-24 | 228 | 334 | 374 |
| 14-Oct-24 | 228 | 334 | 378 |
| 11-Nov-24 | 224 | 332 | 376 |
| 9-Dec-24 | 226 | 322 | 370 |
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Last Updated on April 25, 2024
