Why a Farmer on the Brink of Suicide Chose to Keep Going

CaughtInThe said:

Now this shit is horribly sad. We're talking about families being torn apart.



"A growing crisis is silently unfolding in agriculture. Farmers are 3.5 times more likely to die by suicide than the general population. With mounting financial stress, that number could be on the rise this year."

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CaughtInThe said:

Now this shit is horribly sad. We're talking about families being torn apart.



"A growing crisis is silently unfolding in agriculture. Farmers are 3.5 times more likely to die by suicide than the general population. With mounting financial stress, that number could be on the rise this year."

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CaughtInThe said:

"It’s important to remember no matter where you are, there is help. 988 is the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

And for farmers, there is a specific farmer crisis hotline you can call that is toll-free at 866.586.6746."

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CaughtInThe said:

Now this shit is horribly sad. We're talking about families being torn apart.



"A growing crisis is silently unfolding in agriculture. Farmers are 3.5 times more likely to die by suicide than the general population. With mounting financial stress, that number could be on the rise this year."

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"It’s starting to feel similar to the 1980s. Not only are farmers on the brink of financial collapse, but there’s another grim reality setting in: The number of farmers dying by suicide is on the rise, and it could be at a rate U.S. agriculture hasn’t seen since the 1980s.

Even though statistics on suicides among farmers aren’t reliable from the 1980s because many were deemed “accidents” during that time, some estimates point to more than 1,000 farmers dying by suicide during that crisis.

“Unfortunately, it just almost seems like it’s a pandemic situation. I mean, there’s a lot of it, and it’s sad,” says Brent Foreman, a farmer in Shelby County, Mo., who knows the impacts of farmer suicides all too well."

https://www.agweb.com/news/business/health/despair-hope-why-farmer-brink-suicide-chose-keep-going

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Boots said:

Interesting that some seem to think this is sad, when there was a whole thread on the farming crisis and so many, like Felis Leo, had no sympathy and blamed the farmers because they presumably voted for Trump. At least he is consistent here.

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Boots said:

Interesting that some seem to think this is sad, when there was a whole thread on the farming crisis and so many, like Felis Leo, had no sympathy and blamed the farmers because they presumably voted for Trump. At least he is consistent here.

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Boots said:

Interesting that some seem to think this is sad, when there was a whole thread on the farming crisis and so many, like Felis Leo, had no sympathy and blamed the farmers because they presumably voted for Trump. At least he is consistent here.

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Boots said:

Interesting that some seem to think this is sad, when there was a whole thread on the farming crisis and so many, like Felis Leo, had no sympathy and blamed the farmers because they presumably voted for Trump. At least he is consistent here.

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