Production agriculture can be isolating. This tends to intensify feelings like grief, depression, anger, blame, resentment and a feeling of failure, writes Amanda Radke. She curated a series of articles on mental health issues with farmers and ranchers. Beyond our own issues with high veterinary suicide rates, some of our better customers are also hurting.
Mental health issues have been largely ignored by the rugged and fiercely independent farmers and ranchers in our community.
Source: BEEF, April 29, 2019. Link
As ongoing challenges threaten family farms, there is an increased awareness in promoting mental health and wellness in agricultural communities.