NFU: Bankruptcies, suicides still rising
Story Date: 5/21/2019

 

Source: SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 5/19/19

Wisconsin dairy farmer and National Farmers Union vice president Patty Edelburg told Fox News that the ongoing trade war with China is increasing financial stress and suicide among farmers. Edelburg joins other Midwest agricultural leaders in condemning President Trump’s ongoing trade war. She said the dire state of farming amid falling income and commodity prices is resulting in a surging amount of bankruptcies, stress, and suicide among the agricultural community.

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