Source: Lane Wendell Fischer, DAILY YONDER, 7/26/22

Ranchers who die by suicide, indicating that mental-health programs may need to adapt to meet community needs, according to the author of a study on farmer and rancher suicide risks. “We focus a lot on younger generations, or the generation making decisions and contributing to the bulk of the [farm] labor” said Josie Rudolphi, PhD, assistant professor and Extension specialist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. “I think we’ve maybe done a disservice to some of our older generations.”

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