Source: Anna-Lisa Laca, AGWEB, 10/23/19


This week Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Jon Tester (D-MT) introduced a bill that aims to improve access to mental health services for farmers and ranchers. Titled the “Seeding Rural Resilience Act,” the bill’s aim is to curb the rising rate of farmer suicides in America. “Farmers are increasingly feeling the pain of sinking commodity prices, devastating natural disasters and ongoing trade disruptions. That, coupled with the largely solitary nature of farming, has led more and more family farmers to desperation and feelings of hopelessness. This should not be the case,” Grassley said in a statement.

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