Americans feel less connected to their communities post-COVID, according to a 2023 U.S. Surgeon General’s report on loneliness and social isolation. Montana State University has partnered with MU Extension and the MU Department of Psychological Sciences to study the connection between loneliness and mental health in agricultural workers and rural residents.

Mental Health First Aid training program

Money planning (Photo: iStock - Thapana Onphalai)

PowerPay: Debt Management Tool

Visibility may be reduced from smoke and flames when grass and crop stubble are being burned, such as in this April 4 fire in southeastern Ottawa County. (Photo by Tim Unruh.)

Air quality alert in place for South Dakota

A wooden bucket full of wool after sheep shearing. (Photo: iStock - EnchantedFairy)

Wool: A natural bio-enhancement for gardens

A group of friends roasting marshmallows on a campfire at their campsite. (Photo: iStock - halbergman)

Firewood should be burned where campers buy it

Photo courtesy of Soil Health Partnership.

Coalition plans additional Soil Health School

Northern Bobwhite - profile (Photo: iStock - passion4nature)

Bobwhite conservation pilot set in South Dakota

Beef ribs being basted with bbq sauce on a grill with a basting brush (Photo: iStock - Frank Armstrong)

Barbecue judging school, class set in South Dakota