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This article has comments from two rural women about their unhappy marriages and Dr. Farmer's reaction to how these marriages can be be saved.

This article describes the experiences that are necessary for occupational success according to author Malcolm Gladwell. The amount and time it takes to have outstanding success takes a toll on marriage and family relationships.

This article shows how a person's anger and anxiety about addressing their spouse's workaholism make backfire and create even more avoidance. Dr. Farmer proposes a short term strategy of injecting warmth into the relationship to see if your own behavior is a part of the problem.

Farmers, how would you like to work 3,000 hours a year on the farm and donate 500 hours a year to community service?

That is a benchmark figure to avoid problems with work, family and health as recommended by agricultural economist Dav

Farmers typically put in longer hours than people in most other jobs or professions. David Kohl, an agricultural economist and lecturer from Virginia Tech at Blacksburg, Virginia, has a rule of thumb for when farmers work too hard. "If you