The AP (2/4, Wahlberg) reports that Wisconsin is experiencing “a surge in suicides and suicidal thoughts among farmers, who are facing some of the worst economic challenges in years, experts say,” as farmers react to “several years of low milk prices, the high cost of farm equipment, trade wars and other pressures.” Recently, however, the Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program “started a farmer suicide prevention project” effort that is “funded by a $50,000 grant from the UW School of Medicine and Public Health’s Wisconsin Partnership Program.” This project, in which the Suicide Prevention Coalition of Iowa County is also involved, “plans to develop a mobile crisis service, conduct suicide prevention training sessions and establish networks to address suicide in a region stretching from Eau Claire to the state border with Dubuque, Iowa.”
Related Links:
— “Suicide prevention project aims to help distressed farmers, “David Wahlberg, AP, February 4, 2019