Farmers are problem-solvers and fixers, but I don’t think we anticipated the ripple effect of a pandemic on our families, our farms and our future. I’ve spent the last few weeks anchored at my farm office calling out to farmers, listening and drilling deep to share a well of hope.

Imagine how much better life would be on your farm if trust was not an issue. When a farm founder trusts the next generation, it is a beautiful thing to behold.

It warms my coaching heart to sit in a workshop with a group of smart women in agriculture who truly want better communication on our farms.

Sun streams onto my computer in my farm office as I imagine what life is like for you on your farm. I’ve just been blessed by the wise words of Donna Brighton, a wise coach and realistic woman in the Brighton Leadership Group.

It warms my coaching heart to sit in a workshop with a group of smart women in agriculture who truly want better communication on our farms.

As the co-author of Farming’s In-Law Factor, I spent a year of Tuesdays researching, interviewing and asking tough questions about marriage on the farm.