Nebraska Extension will host a stocker/yearling systems summer meeting and tour Thursday, June 23 in Imperial, Nebraska. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. MDT and the program will kick off at 9:00 a.m. MDT at the Crossroads Wesleyan Church, Imperial. Lunch is sponsored by Merck Animal Health, followed by a tour of Wine Glass Ranch in the afternoon.
Nebraska Extension and the Nebraska Women in Agriculture Program will be hosting a two-part virtual workshop entitled, “Tools for Effective Communication: Allowing You to Enhance Your Relationship with Yourself and Others.” This workshop series will be held June 2nd from 1-3 p.m. (CST) AND June 30th from 1-2 p.m. (CST). Discussion will be facilitated by Ashley Machado, a mental health consultant who works primarily with agricultural professionals and their families. Machado will offer tips and tools for effective communication and listening. The workshop will cover how to respond instead of reacting, and what it means to improve communication skills with not only the most important people in your life, but with the people around you as well. Machado is an advocate of rethinking the ways that we support mental health in the agriculture industry and specializes in breaking down big ideas and deep feelings into simple, actionable strategies. This two-part workshop will be held via Zoom and participants should plan on attending BOTH sessions to complete the workshop. Registration information can be found on the Nebraska Women in Agriculture website (https://wia.unl.edu) and questions can be directed to Jessica Groskopf, Nebraska Women in Ag Director (308-632-1247; wia@unl.edu).
Body positivity has been on my mind this week. I’ve always struggled with self-assurance and maintaining a positive body image. When I was a child I would outright refuse to eat anything that had the word fat mentioned on its label, an incident that my parents still jokingly remind me of every once in a while.