#AgTwitter gives farmers and ranchers a handle to fight isolation
Story Date: 1/3/2019

 

Source: WBUR, 12/31/18

Farming can be a difficult profession — it's vulnerable to the weather, fluctuating crop prices and trade wars. There are high rates of depression and suicide among American farmers and ranchers. But now there's a place they can go for support: the hashtag #AgTwitter. Maggie Mullen (@maggiemlln) of Wyoming Public Radio reports.

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