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Keeping Stress in Check: Strategies and Tools That Can Help
Date of this Version
4-21-2026
Document Type
Article
Citation
Cite this work:
McClure, G. “Keeping Stress in Check: Strategies and Tools That Can Help” CAP Series 26-0402, Center for Agricultural Profitability, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, April 21, 2026.
Abstract
In Nebraska, weather-related challenges are a reality. Wind, fire, and hail can strike suddenly and leave devastation behind. Drought, on the other hand, can develop slowly and persist for months or even years. Stress often follows a similar pattern.
Sometimes stress is immediate and intense; when equipment breaks down during a critical time, or when a storm damages crops, buildings, or fencing. Other times, stress, like a persistent drought, can become chronic, building gradually as one challenge follows another.
While we cannot control the weather, we can develop strategies to better manage stress and reduce its long-term effects on our health and well-being.