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Kramer Honored

Published April 26, 2024

Monica Kramer was named by the Minnesota Rural Behavioral Health Provider of the Year by the Minnesota State University-Mankato Center for Rural Behavioral Health. Kramer is a mental health specialist for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. Kramer also has her…

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Agricult-HER: Monica McConkey

Published March 26, 2024

Monica McConkey is a rural mental health specialist for the State of Minnesota and has her own consulting business, Eyes on the Horizon Consulting. McConkey remains involved in the family farm at Bejou, Minnesota. When asked, McConkey said women are…

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Tragedy Felt Throughout the Ag Community

Published September 1, 2022

The agriculture community is reeling from the August 29 murder-suicide on a farm near Leeds, North Dakota. Rural mental health specialist Monica McConkey says a tragedy like this has a ripple effect throughout the community. "When these events happen in…

TransFARMation: Farm Stress Goes Beyond Farm Finances

Published August 12, 2022

Most people would assume the number of calls to a rural mental health specialist would decline when the farm economy is strong. That's not the case. "Even in really good financial times when the commodity prices are up, the phone…

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Mental Health Doesn’t Get the Same Attention as Physical Health

Published May 1, 2020

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture organized a webinar for mental health providers and crisis counselors Friday to outline the current situation in agriculture. Minnesota Rural Mental Health Specialist Monica McConkey said farmers were already under extreme stress from ongoing weather…

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Practicing Emotional Resilience During COVID-19

Published April 16, 2020

The current reality of the coronavirus is impacting everyone differently. Some are moving forward with business as usual and others are feeling overwhelmed. According to Monica McConkey, a rural mental health specialist with Eyes on the Horizon Consulting, emotional resilience…

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TransFARMation: Navigating the Programs Available for Farm Stress

Published February 17, 2020

There are still crops in the field and finances are tight. "These issues can be overwhelming," says Minnesota's newest rural mental health specialist Monica McConkey. "A lot of farmers are in chronic stress situations, having been very stressed for several…

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McConkey Begins New Role as MN Rural Mental Health Specialist

Published October 1, 2019

Minnesota’s new rural mental health specialist is on the job. Monica McConkey has worked in the mental health field for the past 25 years, most recently at Prairie St. Johns and with her consulting business Eyes on the Horizon. "There's…

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MN Adds Additional Rural Mental Health Specialist

Published September 9, 2019

Minnesota has added a second rural mental health specialist. Monica McConkey has worked in the mental health field for the last 25 years, including her most recent experience at Prairie St. Johns. McConkey also operates a consulting business that focuses…

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MN Corn Matters

Published July 3, 2019

There is a farm youth workshop coming up in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Learn more from Eyes on the Horizon farm stress speaker Monica McConkey in Corn Matters, a weekly update from the Minnesota Corn Growers Association.

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Kramer Honored

Agricult-HER: Monica McConkey

Tragedy Felt Throughout the Ag Community

TransFARMation: Farm Stress Goes Beyond Farm Finances

Mental Health Doesn’t Get the Same Attention as Physical Health

Practicing Emotional Resilience During COVID-19

TransFARMation: Navigating the Programs Available for Farm Stress

McConkey Begins New Role as MN Rural Mental Health Specialist

MN Adds Additional Rural Mental Health Specialist

MN Corn Matters

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