A Minnesota farmer is sounding the alarm on escalating farm stress. Bob Worth of Lake Benton suggests a mental health crisis is occurring in agriculture. “It is extremely serious.” He tells Brownfield financial pressures, policy uncertainty, and unpredictable weather can all be factors. “We haven’t had a suicide for awhile, it’s probably a couple three […]
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