Source: Holly Spangler, FARM PROGRESS, 12/21/18


Ted Matthews wishes he could say, “These are the signs of people who are going to commit suicide.” Then you could check symptoms, check boxes, and take action. “But it’s not that simple,” says Matthews, director of rural mental health for the state of Minnesota and counselor to hundreds of farmers and farm families. Like symptoms, data on farmer suicides are equally hard to come by.

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