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Lee Dang Senate Duo wants to prevent suicide and mental health resources for farmers.
sense Tammy BaldwinD-wis. and Johnny ErnstR-IOWA has joined the forces to introduce a bill to see millions of new funds in the Farm and Ranch Assistance Network, the first program in the Farm Act.
The program is designed to create a network for farmers, ranches and other agricultural workers, allowing you to access stress support and mental health programs. Washington, New York, Illinois and Tennessee have four local hubs that serve as a coagination to help farmers through subsidies.
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Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin speaks at the Democratic National Conference (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois on August 22, 2024. (Jacek Boczarski/Anadol)
Baldwin said, “Too often, we talked about stresses and mental health struggles facing farmers and agricultural workers due to stress, isolation and physical demands of this job.
In fact, according to a study by the National Rural Health Association, farmers are more likely to die from suicide than the US average population.
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Called the Farmers First Act in 2025, the bill will increase the funding for the program to $ 75 million over the next five years, of which $ 15 million will be provided every fiscal year from 2026 to 2030.
This money is held to hire more behavioral health professionals, establish a crisis line, and establish a client with medical providers, health centers and important approach hospitals.
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Ernst said, “Io and farmers are tired of sunrise and rainy things at sunrise, feeding the world and supplying fuel.” “Their work is not easy, and mental health problems, including suicide, are so common in the agricultural community, so we are trying to make farmers better access to mental health resources.”
The program secured funds in 2020, with more than $ 28 million trenches available for local hubs. When the parliament further injected $ 28 million to maintain his stress support program, the funds increased again when they injected $ 28 million again. The latter funds were provided with a subsidy of up to $ 500,000 to the main program.
This bill is also a dichotomy. manager. Randy PainstraAngie Craig from R-IOWA and D-MINN.
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FEENSTRA insisted that filling the cash safe of the program will “provides farmers with practical support in the period of crisis.”
“Agriculture is an economic engine with Iowa, and our farmers and producers feed our country and the world and fuel for invisible sacrifices for a long time.” “This sacrifice can be damaged by agricultural producers, especially when the price of the product is destroyed by small or severe weather.”
