Resources

NEBRASKA WIA BOOK CLUB

Annie’s Project has proudly partnered with Nebraska Women in Agriculture and its Book Club! Each quarter a new book is selected that is not only a good read, but will also help you acquire or develop skills or perspective needed to navigate your personal agricultural experiences. To learn more about Nebraska WIA – Book Club click here. You will find all the book selections for previous quarters this year and years past. Each quarter the book club comes together virtually for discussion.

2024 Fourth Quarter Information will be available soon.

CULTIVATING RESILIENCY PROGRAMS:

Coffee Chat

Some of us have had snow…ugh! The holidays will be upon us before we know it. For some, harvest continues, and of course, we have November 5 If you need to slow down and decompress a bit take this opportunity to listen and share in our Cultivating Resiliency free online “Coffee Chat” group. This is an opportunity to share what is on your mind related to agricultural stress in a safe place. Participants are anonymous and may type in their questions, or verbalize them, or just listen. The session is limited to a maximum of 20 participants and will last one hour. The session will not be recorded, and participants may choose to remain anonymous. Participants cannot see each other, nor do they see each other's names. November 4, 2024 – 12:00 PM Central Register for the FREE Coffee Chat here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Chat. Chat facilitated by Dr. Brenda Mack. After a brief stress reduction exercise participants can listen, share comments and questions via text or verbalize their thoughts. The sessions are anonymous – participants do not see names or faces. Chats are not recorded.

24/7/365 Women Juggling it All Resiliency Circle

A safe space for the farm/agricultural community to share ideas, challenges and successes around farm/agriculture life stress and stressors. November 22, 2024 – 12:00 PM Central Register for the FREE Women Juggling It All Resiliency Circle here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Circle. Circle facilitated by Monica McConkey. Each circle kicks off with a segment related to how you can work through a particular issue related to juggling it all and then the conversation is opened up for whatever participants have on their minds. Participants can listen, share comments and questions via text or verbalize their thoughts. The sessions are anonymous – participants do not see names or faces. Circles are not recorded.

Farm Transition Resiliency Circle

A safe space for the farm/agricultural community to share ideas, challenges and successes around farm/agriculture life and farm/ranch transitions. November 26, 2024 – 12:00 PM Central Register for the FREE Farm Transition Resiliency Circle here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Circle. Facilitated by Monica McConkey. Each circle kicks off with a segment related to how you can work through a particular issue related to the human side of farm transitions and then the conversation is opened up for whatever participants have on their minds. Participants can listen, share comments and questions via text or verbalize their thoughts. The sessions are anonymous – participants do not see names or faces. Circles are not recorded. Resiliency Circles Programming brought to you by The Rural Resiliency Project. Our collaborators for these virtual sessions include the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Foundation, National Science Foundation, The Cultivating Resiliency Program, The Women’s Agricultural Leadership Program, Annie's Project, and the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (UMASH).

Farmer Veteran Coalition

FREE virtual QPR suicide prevention training session

This training is for anyone who is, works with, or knows a farmer veteran or farmers or veterans or anyone. For many people QPR is a very accessible way to receive an introduction to suicide prevention. Together we can help prevent suicide. Monica McConkey, Rural Mental Health Specialist is the trainer. November 13, 2024, 12 PM Central Time You must register in advance for this training. You can do that here. November 18, 2024, 9:30 AM Central Time You must register in advance for this training. You can do that here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the training. Length of training one hour and 30 minutes with an additional optional 30 minutes for role playing and more time for Q&A. QPR Suicide Prevention Training QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. Just as people trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. Each year thousands of Americans, like you, are saying "Yes" to saving the life of a friend, colleague, sibling, or neighbor. As a QPR-trained Gatekeeper you will learn to: 1.  – Recognize the warning signs of suicide 2.  – Know how to offer hope 3.  – Know how to get help and save a life _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Some of the following resources files have been provided by our sponsors.  Providing this information is not an endorsement by Annie’s Project of any products or services.

BUSINESS PLANNING:

Farm Credit – One Page Business Plan (blank) Farm Credit – One-Page Business Plan (filled in) Farm Credit – One-Page Budget Development Plan (blank) Farm Credit – One-Page Budget Development Plan (filled in) Farm Credit – One-Page Project Cost Analysis (blank) Farm Credit – One-Page Project Cost Analysis (filled in) MISCELLANEOUS: Enterprise Budgets – OSU Agricultural Economics Extension Farm Labor – OSU Agricultural Economics Extension Financial Vocabulary

NATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT LIBRARY:

University of Minnesota National Risk Management Library

TAXES:

IRS Publication-575 for preparing 2022 returns IRS Form 706 – Generation-Skipping Transfer  (revised Aug 2019)

TRANSITION PLANNING:

Farm Transitions – OSU Agricultural Economics Extension Identifying and Managing Risk – LAYL

VIDEO LINKS – LAND AS YOUR LEGACY:

Introducing Land as Your Legacy:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR-cFIr4pMI Preparing the Farm for Retirement:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyVldJ0N6DA Transition Planning:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzTnYYQtxew