The AP (3/3, Rathke) reported that last month, the Agri-Mark dairy cooperative sent “a list of mental health services and the number of a suicide prevention hotline” to its 1,000 New England and New York farmer members who are under financial and psychological stress due to falling milk prices. According to the article, “a 2016 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report” found that “people working in farming, fishing and forestry had the highest rate of suicide.”
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— “Milk co-op mailing highlights suicide risk for dairy farmers,” LISA RATHKE, Associated Press, March 3, 2018.